Potential and problems of the development of Vietnam-Russia relations (review of the Round table held in the Institute of Far Eastern studies, RAS, on August 30,2018)

The paper presents the assessments of leading Russian and Vietnamese experts on the development of Vietnam, state and tendencies of interaction between two parties in different realms and suggests ways to improve the efficiency of cooperation. It contains the analysis of security threats and external factors, Russia's relations with ASEAN, the results of the first years of the Free trade area between the Eurasian economic Union and Vietnam. The forecast of Chinese influence on both sides, including though ‘One Belt, one Road’ project, as well as of the new geopolitical format promoted by the USA - the so-called Indo-Pacific region (IPR) is displayed too.

Vietnam, China, USA, ASEAN, Indo-Pacific region, Russian-Vietnamese cooperation, security threats, Free trade area of EAEU, One Belt One Road Initiative