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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="book-review" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вьетнамские исследования</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">2618-9453</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the RAS</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">677329</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.54631/VS.2025.92-677329</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Bookshelf</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Книжная полка</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The First Republic of Vietnam diplomacy (1955-1963) through the lens of Tran Nam Tien analysis</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Взгляд Чан Нам Тиена на дипломатию Первой Республики Вьетнам (1955-1963)</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2520-4221</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">57955109600</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Ha</surname><given-names>Trieu Huy</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ха</surname><given-names>Чиеу Хюи</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="VN">Viet Nam</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Lecturer, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies </p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>преподаватель, факультет междисциплинарных исследований </p></bio><email>hatrieuhuy97@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет общественных и гуманитарных наук, Хошиминский государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-07-08" publication-format="electronic"><day>08</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>9</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>218</fpage><lpage>224</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-03-19"><day>19</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-06-30"><day>30</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Ha T.H.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Ха Ч.Х.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Ha T.H.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Ха Ч.Х.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/677329">https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/677329</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The review examines “Ngoại giao của chính quyền Sài Gòn (1955-1963)” [Diplomacy of the Saigon Government (1955-1963)] by Tran Nam Tien, a prominent Vietnamese historian, which investigates the formation and evolution of the First Republic of Vietnam’s diplomacy during the presidency of Ngo Dinh Diem amid the Vietnam War. The book comprises three chapters: Chapter 1 lays the historical foundation for national diplomacy, Chapter 2 delves into the establishment of foreign policy, and Chapter 3 focuses on Saigon’s relationships with major international actors. In addition to providing critical insights into the novelty, structure, and content of each chapter, the review highlights significant weaknesses that persist, thereby pointing to ongoing opportunities for further research on RVN diplomacy in the future.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Рецензия рассматривает книгу выдающегося вьетнамского историка Чан Нам Тиена «Дипломатия сайгонских властей (1955-1963)», в которой исследуется становление и эволюция дипломатии Первой Республики Вьетнам в период президентства Нго Динь Зьема в условиях Вьетнамской войны. Книга состоит из трёх глав: глава 1 посвящена историческим основам дипломатии РВ, глава 2 – становлению её внешней политики, а глава 3 – отношениям Сайгона с основными международными игроками. В рецензии дается критический анализ новизны, структуры и содержания каждой главы, а также отмечаются существенные недостатки, что даёт возможность для продолжения исследований дипломатии Республики Вьетнам в будущем.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>The Republic of Vietnam</kwd><kwd>the Cold War</kwd><kwd>the Vietnam War</kwd><kwd>Ngo Dinh Diem</kwd><kwd>anticommunism</kwd><kwd>Southeast Asia</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Республика Вьетнам</kwd><kwd>холодная война</kwd><kwd>Вьетнамская война</kwd><kwd>Нго Динь Зьем</kwd><kwd>антикоммунизм</kwd><kwd>Юго-Восточная Азия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Ragos-Espinas, M. (1997). Philippine-Vietnam relations: A Preliminary Study. Asian Studies, 33: 57–68.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Henderson, W., Fishel W. R. (1966). The Foreign Policy of Ngo Dinh Diem. Vietnam Perspectives, 2 (1): 3–30.</mixed-citation></ref></ref-list></back></article>
