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Transnational Repression and Diplomatic Partnerships Under Tô Lâm 

By Aerolyne Reed4 min read
Graphic: S.B./The Vietnamese Magazine.

In October 2025, Việt Nam and the United Kingdom elevated their relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, finalizing Hà Nội’s highest-tier diplomatic ties with all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. 

Việt Nam’s rhetoric boasts of these agreements as monuments to strategic trust. However, this trust is hollow. While Western capitals celebrate Việt Nam as a dynamic economic and security partner, Hà Nội actively turns those same nations into venues for transnational repression. 

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Aerolyne Reed

Aerolyne Reed is a writer and she does not consider herself as anyone special. She thinks she is just another sound, lost in a multitude of voices, just another soul adrift in the aetherial sea.

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