A state of ambivalence: Vietnam's renovation of ontological security and the unending 'transition to socialism' as a discourse of sovereignty

• Main Author: To, Minh Son
• Other Authors: -
• Format: Thesis-Master by Coursework
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science::International relations; Humanities::History::Asia::Vietnam
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/157161
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper adopts the ontological security perspective, which maintains that states seek coherence and continuity in their self-perceptions and actions, to investigate the Vietnamese state self-identity. The 1986 Đổi Mới (Renovation) reforms’ embrace of global reintegration and conciliation with for...