THE UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM TIES IN THE CONTEXT OF UNITED STATES – ASEAN RELATIONS

For vietnam, the united states (u.s.) and asean are the most important partners in foreign relations. therefore, there have been many studies mentioned bilateral relations vietnamese – u.s. or vietnam - asean. this article wants to put the u.s. - vietnam in the context of the u.s - asean relations to find the answers to the questions are there interactions between u.s - vietnam and the u.s. - asean or not?; how do the interactions express?; does a triangle relations exist? based mainly on the political dynamics among them, these questions will be analyzed. the answers can be given suggestions for recognizing u.s. - asean - vietnam.