Le Dinh Tinh, Deputy Director General at the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, and Hoang Hai Long, B.A. Student at Depauw University, explain that "Vietnam recognizes that by working with ASEAN it can have a greater impact on regional and global events, rather than by just acting alone."

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