An Analysis Of The Religious Factors In American Diplomacy To Vietnam

Since the normalization of relations between Vietnam and the United States(July 1995),the relations between Vietnam and the United States have gradually recovered and developed into many fields.The two sides reached a number of consensus on diplomatic cooperation.The United States and Vietnam have developed constructive relations on the basis of mutual respect for each other and the interests of the two peoples.Over the past two decades,the two countries have made considerable progress in deepening cooperation in various fields(politics,national security,economic and trade,science and technology,education and training,humanitarian and other fields),which is conducive to further strengthening Vietnam US relations.But in addition to these achievements,Vietnam and the United States have different histories,cultures,political systems,values and development levels,so they still have different views on democracy,human rights and religion,especially on religion.Religious issues,as well as economic and political issues,have become obstacles to bilateral relations.It is the will of both sides to deepen the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the United States,but there are also obstacles and obstacles that are not easy to overcome,and religious factors are such a problem.Religious policy is one of the important cultural foreign policies of the United States.As the most powerful developed country in the world,the United States' foreign policy has been concerned and studied by many parties.In recent years,although more and more scholars have paid attention to the influence of religious factors on American foreign policy,their attention is far less than that in the economic and political fields.For Vietnam,since the 19th century,American religion began to enter Vietnam,recruiting believers and carrying out activities in Vietnam,which had an important impact on the diplomatic relations between the two countries.Therefore,in the study of American foreign policy towards Vietnam,the religious factor is an issue that can not be ignored and is worthy of attention.This paper analyzes how religious factors affect the diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam by studying the religious factors in the diplomacy between the United States and Vietnam,and further explores the coping strategies of Vietnam.The main content of this paper consists of four parts:The first part:the introduction of American religion,which is closely related to the birth of American people.God is the core element of civilization and has many influences on American society.With the interaction between government and religion on the scale of social economy,the representatives of American monopoly capital increasingly use religious factors to serve their interests.By studying the status and influence of religion in American society,we can conclude that religion plays an important role in American foreign policy.At the same time,this part also introduces the religious situation of Vietnam,and comprehensively analyzes the religion of Vietnam(distribution,characteristics,religious followers,religious organizations,etc.).As a country with diverse religious beliefs,Vietnam is regarded as a world religious Museum.Because of the diversity of religions,there are many characteristics in Vietnam's religious policies and religious problems,which pose great challenges to the government and the management of religions.This is also the cause of most religious problems.This part mainly analyzes the religious issues in Vietnam,including:policy issues,recognized religious organizations,new religious phenomena and conclusions about whether there is religious conflict in Vietnam.The second part:analyze the purpose of American foreign policy to Vietnam under the influence of religious factors.The United States wants to promote its ideology and social political system to Vietnam by virtue of religious factors,so it always interferes in Vietnam's internal affairs under the banner of human rights.And the main purpose is to seek world hegemony and gain greater national interests.In order to control Vietnam,the United States carried out a conspiracy of "peaceful evolution"(the goal is imperialism and reactionary forces,led by the United States,and the strategy is always linked with the military strategy of the United States).The third part:how to use religious factors to deal with the relationship with Vietnam,and discuss the performance of religious factors in the U.S.foreign policy towards Vietnam.In maintaining the long-term partnership between the United States and Vietnam,religion plays an important role as a part of the public foreign policy of the United States to Vietnam.At present,there are six major religions in Vietnam,including Protestantism from the United States.This religion has developed rapidly in Vietnam,with many sects and complex activities.And the main religious problems in Vietnam are related to this religion.So the United States wants to influence Vietnamese society through religious(mainly Protestant)infiltration.To intervene in Vietnam's internal affairs under the guise of human rights and freedom of religious belief,which also involves the issues of Xiyuan and the ethnic minority areas in the north of Vietnam.So far,Protestantism in Vietnam is a"high potential" theme,and the United States wants to intervene in Vietnam's internal affairs through this issue.At the same time,the United States criticizes Vietnam through religious issues in the human rights report.Under the influence of religious factors,the U.S.human rights diplomacy and public diplomacy in Vietnam also have many changes that will be introduced in this chapter.This is also the most important part of this article.The fourth part elaborates how Vietnam should deal with the foreign policy measures of the United States to Vietnam under the influence of religion.Due to the differences in political system,history and culture between Vietnam and the United States,there is a wide gap in views on religious issues.In the context of the cooperation and struggle between Vietnam and the United States and the influence of religious factors,Vietnam should guard against the conspiracy of the United States and firmly prevent the United States from successfully achieving peaceful evolution towards Vietnam.Specific measures:to guard against the religious infiltration of the United States in ethnic minority areas,to fight against and guard against the religious extremism sabotage of the United States and hostile forces,to prevent the use of ethnic minorities and religious issues to resist the reunification and security strategy of Vietnam,to actively publicize the religious and cultural policies of the Vietnamese government,especially to promote the religious activities of Vietnam,we should build a response to the United States and the enemy To prevent the religious infiltration of the forces,and constantly improve the strength of Vietnamese citizens in the face of the religious and cultural infiltration of the United States.To sum up,the influence of religious factors can not be ignored in American foreign policy towards Vietnam.In order to promote the stable development of bilateral relations,we need to pay attention to the religious issues in bilateral exchanges,strengthen normal religious exchanges,and be alert to the United States' use of religious issues to intervene in Vietnam's internal affairs.Vietnam needs to build a solid protective barrier.