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Vietnam’s Top Leader To Lam to Pay State Visits to Australia and New Zealand

The Diplomat Institutional·2026-08-07AllianceP7: Alliance Architecture P5: Strategic Decoupling

Why it matters

Vietnam's state visit to Australia consolidates the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established in March 2024 and reinforces Australia's alliance network in Southeast Asia against Chinese power projection. This deepens the 'Quad-plus' coalition and reduces strategic space for China to establish footholds in the region through bilateral accommodation with major Southeast Asian partners.

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Where this sits in the model

This development bears on 2 of the eight pillars of Australian preparedness — the overall picture right now is 5/100.

P7: Alliance Architecture25/100 P5: Strategic Decoupling0/100

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