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Bibliography on the Vietnam
People’s Army & Defence
Cooperation with the U.S.
Carlyle A. Thayer
July 25, 2021

Carlyle A. Thayer Publications on the

Vietnam People’s Army and
Vietnam-U.S. Defence Relations, 2017-June 2021

2021

“Vietnam and Cyber Security,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, February 20,
2021. https://www.scribd.com/document/495348018/Thayer-Vietnam-and-Cyber-
Security.

“Vietnam to Stand Up UAV Reconnaissance Unit,” Thayer Consultancy Background

Brief, May 15, 2021. https://www.scribd.com/document/508036818/Thayer-
Vietnam-to-Stand-Up-UAV-Reconnaissance-Unit.

Vietnam-United States Defence Relations 2021

“Vietnam and the United States in a Post-Trump World,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, January 15, 2021.
https://www.scribd.com/document/493601559/Thayer-Vietnam-and-the-United-
States-in-a-Post-Trump-World.

“U.S.-Vietnam Relations on the 46th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon,” Thayer

Consultancy Background Brief, April 27, 2021.
https://www.scribd.com/document/505528448/Thayer-U-S-Vietnam-Relations-on-
the-46th-Anniversary-of-the-Fall-of-Saigon .

“Bibliography on United States, the South China Sea and Vietnam,” Thayer
Consultancy Background Brief, May 4, 2021.
https://www.scribd.com/document/506082115/Thayert-Bibliography-US-South-
China-Sea-and-Vietnam

“U.S. Relations with Vietnam,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, June 7, 2021.
https://www.scribd.com/document/511826934/Thayer-U-S-Relations-With-
Vietnam.
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2020

“Vietnam’s Military Budget,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, May 6, 2020.

https://www.scribd.com/document/460583426/Thayer-Vietnam-s-Military-Budget

Vietnam-United States Defence Relations 2020

“US-Vietnam Relations: A Bibliography, 1984-2020,” Thayer Consultancy Background

Brief, February 8, 2020. https://www.scribd.com/document/446108921/Thayer-
United-States-Vietnam-Relations-A-Bibliography-1984-2020

“USS Theodore Roosevelt to visit Da Nang,” ANI Newsletter, March 4, 2020.

https://navalinstitute.com.au/uss-theodore-roosevelt-to-visit-da-nang/?
utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ani-e-newsletter-no-
269-2-feb-2020_119

“Vietnam: Will Vietnam Lease Cam Ranh Bay or an Island to the United States?”
Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, May 3, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/460580579/Thayer-Vietnam-Will-Vietnam-
Lease-Cam-Ranh-Bay-or-an-Island-to-the-United-States

“Will Vietnam Lease Cam Ranh Bay to the United States?” The Diplomat, May 6,
2020. https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/will-vietnam-lease-cam-ranh-bay-to-the-
united-states/.

“Will US lease Cam Ranh Bay?” ANI Newsletter, May 10, 2020.
https://navalinstitute.com.au/will-us-lease-cam-ranh-bay/?
utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ani-e-newsletter-no-
269-2-feb-2020_119

“US Aircraft Carrier to Visit Da Nang on 5 March 2020,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, February 28, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/449808365/Thayer-US-Aircraft-Carrier-to-Visit-
Da-Nang-on-5-March-2020.

“USS Theodore Roosevelt to Visit Da Nang, Vietnam,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, March 2, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/449809681/Thayer-USS-Theodore-Roosevelt-to-
Visit-Da-Nang-Vietnam.

“Vietnam: Significance of 2nd Visit by U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier ,” Thayer Consultancy
Background Brief, March 3, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/449984071/Thayer-Vietnam-Significance-of-
2nd-Visit-by-U-S-Navy-Aircraft-Carrier.

“Vietnam Invited to Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2020,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, May 16, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/462688640/Thayer-Vietnam-Invited-to-Rim-of-
the-Pacific-Exercise-2020
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“Bibliography of Carlyle A. Thayer Publications on US-Vietnam Relations – 25 th

Anniversary Special,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, July 11, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/468757214/Thayer-US-Vietnam-Relations-A-
Bibliography-1984-2020.

“Vietnam: Caught in a U.S.-China Triangle?” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,

July 21, 2020. https://www.scribd.com/document/470421019/Thayer-Vietnam-
Caught-in-a-U-S-china-Triangle.

“Vietnam and U.S. Sign MOU to Counter Intimidation of Vietnamese Fishermen,”

Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, July 26, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/470756163/Thayer-Vietnam-and-U-S-Sign-
MOU-to-Counter-Intimidation-of-Vietnamese-Fishermen.

“US National Security Adviser to Visit Vietnam,” Thayer Consultancy Background

Brief, November 18, 2020. https://www.scribd.com/document/485075924/Thayer-
US-National-Security-Adviser-to-Visit-Vietnam.

“U.S. National Security Adviser Visits Vietnam – An Anti-Climax,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, November 23, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/485549267/Thayer-U-S-National-Security-
Adviser-Visits-Vietnam-an-Anti-Climax.

2019

“The Expanding Roles of the Vietnam People’s Army, 1975-2018,” in Volker

Grabowsky and Frederik Retting, eds., Armies and Societies in South-East Asia
(Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2019). 305-335.

“Vietnam Defence White Paper – 1,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,

November 27, 2019. https://www.scribd.com/document/437983417/Background-
Brief-Vietnam-Defence-White-Paper-1-3

“Vietnam Defence White Paper - 2,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,

November 27, 2019. https://www.scribd.com/document/437983417/Background-
Brief-Vietnam-Defence-White-Paper-1-3

“Vietnam Defence White Paper – 3,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,

November 27, 2019. https://www.scribd.com/document/437983417/Background-
Brief-Vietnam-Defence-White-Paper-1-3

Vietnam-United States Defence Relations 2019

“Vietnam in the Middle – U.S. FONOP, China’s DF-26, U.S. China Trade Talks,” Thayer
Consultancy Background Brief, January 11, 2019.
https://www.scribd.com/document/397406150/Thayer-Vietnam-in-the-Middle-U-S-
FONOP-China-s-DF-26-U-S-China-Trade-Talks
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“US – Vietnam Relations and the China factor,” Chennai Centre for China Studies,
Geopolitics and Strategy Article No. 37/2019, October 4, 2019.
https://www.c3sindia.org/geopolitics-strategy/us-vietnam-relations-and-the-china-
factor-by-carl-thayer/

“South China Sea: Vietnam and U.S. Weigh in Against China,” Thayer Consultancy
Background Brief, July 21, 2019.
https://www.scribd.com/document/419715946/Thayer-South-China-Sea-Vietnam-
and-U-S-Weigh-in-Against-China

“South China Sea: The China-Vietnam-United States Triangle,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, August 6, 2019.
https://www.scribd.com/document/421770387/Thayer-South-China-Sea-The-China-
Vietnam-United-States-Triangle

2018

“Force Modernization: Vietnam,” in Malcolm Cook and Daljit Singh, editors,

Southeast Asian Affairs 2018 (Singapore ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2018), 429-444.

http://www.viet-studies.net/kinhte/Thayer_ForceModernizationVN.pdf

“Submarine Acquisition in Vietnam,” in Geoffrey Till and Colin Koh Swee Lean, eds.,
Naval Modernization in Southeast Asia, Part Two, Submarine Issues for Small and
Medium Navies (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), 109-118.

“Vietnam’s Military Telecommunications General Corporation Renamed Military

Industry and Telecoms Group,” Thayer Consultancy Background Report, January 20,
2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/369775744/Thayer-Vietnam-s-Military-
Telecommunications-General-Corporation-Renamed-Military-Industry-and-
Telecoms-Group

“Vietnam: Divestment of Military-Owned Enterprises,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, June 13, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/382302086/Thayer-Vietnam-Divestment-of-
Military-Owned-Enterprises.

“Vietnam to Procure $94.7 million in U.S. Defence Equipment,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, August 7, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/386246554/Thayer-Vietnam-to-Procure-94-7-
million-in-U-S-Defence-Equipment.

“U.S. Engagement with Vietnam’s Naval Infantry,” Thayer Consultancy Background

Report, September 4, 2018. Restricted circulation.

“Will U.S. Sanctions Affect Russian Arms Sales to Vietnam?” Thayer Consultancy
Background Brief, September 12, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/388631902/Thayer-Will-U-S-Sanctions-Affect-
Russia-Arms-Sales-to-Vietnam.
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“Vietnam’s New Maritime Strategy to 2030: Ends, Ways and Means,” Thayer
Consultancy Background Brief, October 2, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/389998982/Thayer-Vietnam-s-New-Maritime-
Strategy-Ends-Ways-and-Means

Vietnam-United States Defence Relations 2018

“United States-Vietnam Relations: Strategic Convergence but not Strategic

Congruence,” Jeffrey Wilson, editor, Vietnam in the Indo-Pacific: Challenges and
Opportunities in A New Regional Landscape (Perth: Perth USAsia Centre at The
University of Western Australia, 2018), 56-
69.http://perthusasia.edu.au/getattachment/80b611bb-a703-459a-bcb7-
93cd56a8c179/PU-64-Viet-Booklet-WEB.pdf.aspx?lang=en-AU .

“Vietnam-United States Relations: Growing Strategic Convergence,” Russian Journal

of Vietnamese Studies (Moscow), 2(2), 2018, 5-13. http://www.ifes-
ras.ru/images/vs/vs_2018_2_5-14.pdf

“U.S. Defense Secretary to Visit Vietnam - 1,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,
January 22, 2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/369765432/Thayer-U-S-
Defense-Secretary-to-Visit-Vietnam

“U.S. Defense Secretary to Visit Vietnam - 2,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,
January 22, 2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/369765432/Thayer-U-S-
Defense-Secretary-to-Visit-Vietnam

“U.S. Defense Secretary to Visit Vietnam - 3,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,
January 22, 2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/369765432/Thayer-U-S-
Defense-Secretary-to-Visit-Vietnam

“U.S. Defense Secretary to Visit Vietnam - 4,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,
January 23, 2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/369765432/Thayer-U-S-
Defense-Secretary-to-Visit-Vietnam

“U.S. Defense Secretary to Visit Vietnam - 5,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,
January 24, 2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/369924698/Thayer-U-S-
Defense-Secretary-to-Visit-Vietnam

“U.S.S. Carl Vinson (CVN-70) to Visit Da Nang in March,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, January27, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/370146754/Thayer-USS-Carl-Vinson-CVN-70-to-
Visit-Da-Nang-in-March

USS Carl Vinson to Visit Da Nang: Scene Setter,” Thayer Consultancy Background
Brief, February 22, 2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/372273570/Thayer-
USS-Carl-Vinson-to-Visit-Da-Nang-Scene-Setter.

“USS Carl Vinson to Visit Vietnam: What is the Message?” Thayer Consultancy
Background Brief, February 27, 2018.
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https://www.scribd.com/document/372840227/Thayer-USS-Carl-Vinson-to-Visit-Da-
Nang-Implicatinos-Future-Defence-Relations-and-China-s-Reactions

“USS Carl Vinson Visit to Da Nang: Implications, Future Defence Relations and China’s
Reactions,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, March 1, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/372840227/Thayer-USS-Carl-Vinson-to-Visit-Da-
Nang-Implicatinos-Future-Defence-Relations-and-China-s-Reactions

“USS Carl Vinson Visits Vietnam – What Next?” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,
March 6, 2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/373584718/Thayer-USS-Carl-
Vinson-Visits-Vietnam-What-Next

“USS Carl Vinson, Third Fleet, Operating in Western Pacific,” Thayer Consultancy
Background Brief, March 6, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/373585986/Thayer-USS-Carl-Vinson-Third-Fleet-
Operating-in-Western-Pacific

“Vietnam Participates in Rim of the Pacific Exercise,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, July 4, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/383369469/Thayer-Vietnam-Participates-in-
Rim-of-the-Pacific-Exercise.

“U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Visit Vietnam,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, July 6, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/383361994/Thayer-U-S-Secretary-of-State-
Mike-Pompeo-to-Visit-Vietnam.

“U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy: Implications for Vietnam and the South China Sea,”
Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, August 9, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/386245691/Thayer-U-S-Indo-Pacific-Strategy-
Implications-for-Vietnam-and-the-South-China-Sea.

“U.S.-Vietnam Relations in Retrospect,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,

August 30, 2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/387460361/Thayer-U-S-
Vietnam-Relations-in-Retrospect-1973-2018.

“U.S. Defense Secretary to Visit Vietnam - 1,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,
October 15, 2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/390890776/Thayer-U-S-
Defense-Secretary-to-Visit-Vietnam-1.

“U.S. Defense Secretary to Visit Vietnam - 2,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,
October 15, 2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/390890911/Thayer-U-S-
Defense-Secretary-to-Visit-Vietnam-2.

“As China-U.S. Tensions Rise Vietnam Prefers ‘Not too Hot, Not too Cold but Just
Right’,” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, October 22, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/391318780/Thayer-as-China-US-Tensions-Rise-
Vietnam-Prefers-Not-Too-Hot-Not-Too-Cold-but-Just-Right .
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“U.S. FONOPS, Vietnam and the South China Sea,” Thayer Consultancy Background
Brief, December 5, 2018. https://www.scribd.com/document/396699278/Thayer-
Background-Brief-U-S-FONOPS-Vietnam-and-the-South-China-Sea

“Vietnam-United States Diplomatic, Defence and Economic Relations in 2018,”

Thayer Consultancy Background Brief, December 27, 2018.
https://www.scribd.com/document/396704120/Thayer-Background-Brief-Vietnam-
United-States-Diplomatic-Defence-and-Economic-Relations-in-2018

2017

“Defence Economics: Vietnam,” in The Military Balance 2017 (London: Routledge

and Taylor & Francis Group for The International Institute for Strategic Studies,
2017), pp.264-268.

“Military Modernization and Capacity Building in the Philippines and Vietnam,” in

Murray Hiebert, Gregory B. Poling and Conor Cronin, eds. In the Wake of Arbitration:
Papers form the Sixth Annual CSIS South China Sea Conference, A Report of the CSIS
Southeast Asia Program and the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (Lanham,
Boulder, New York and London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), 95-109.

“The Political Economy of Military-Run Enterprises in Vietnam,” in Paul Chambers

and Napisa Waitoolkiat, eds., Khaki Capital: The Political Economy of the Military in
Southeast Asia. (Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press, 2017), 130-
160.

Background Briefs archived on Scribd.com

“Russia: A Military Base at Cam Ranh Bay?” Thayer Consultancy Background Brief,
February 20, 2017. All Background Briefs are posted on Scribd.com (search for
Thayer).

“Vietnam: Evaluating its Fleet of Six Kilo-class Submarines,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, February 25, 2017.

“Vietnam Commissions Sixth Kilo-class Submarine,” Thayer Consultancy Background

Brief, February 28, 2017.

“Vietnam: Acoustic Signatures and Kilo Submarines,” Thayer Consultancy

Background Brief, May 8, 2017.

Monographs

2009 Vietnam People’s Army: Development and Modernization. Armed Forces

Lecture Paper Series Paper No. 4. Bandar Seri Begawan: Sultan Haji Hassanal
Bolkiah Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, 2009. 43pp.
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1994 The Vietnam People’s Army Under Doi Moi, Pacific Strategic Paper no. 7,
Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1994. 122pp.

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