THE UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM TIES IN THE CONTEXT OF UNITED STATES – ASEAN RELATIONS

For Vietnam, the United States (U.S.) and ASEAN are the most important partners in foreign relations. Therefore, there have been many studies mentioned bilateral relations Vietnamese – U.S. or Vietnam - ASEAN. This article wants to put the U.S. - Vietnam in the context of the U.S - ASEAN relations to find the answers to the questions Are there interactions between U.S - Vietnam and the U.S. - ASEAN or not?; How do the interactions express?; Does a triangle relations exist? Based mainly on the political dynamics among them, these questions will be analyzed. The answers can be given suggestions for recognizing U.S. - ASEAN - Vietnam.