From menacing to ‘cool’: How views on China have shifted in Vietnam

Amid trade tensions with the US, shifting attitudes have enabled Vietnam to advance projects like rail links and economic zones near China to deepen ties.

Dozens of young Vietnamese women lined up for hours last month to catch a glimpse of “cool” troops marching through Hanoi in a huge military parade. But it was not their own soldiers they were looking out for. It was the Chinese contingent.