Describes current issues which affect U.S.-Vietnamese relations including human rights, foreign trade, and relations with China, especially regarding territorial claims in the South China Sea.    From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

Discusses the major tools of the U.S. government for responding to unfair trade practices, antidumping law and countervailing duty law, and how only the former has been used against nonmarket or transitional economy countries such as China and Vietnam.  Also discusses the effect World Trade Organization membership has on the ability of member countries to oppose unfair trade practices.

From the Congressional Research Service, posted by National Agricultural Law Center

This report provides a comparative economic analysis of the countries that are involved in a proposed trans-Pacific trade pact.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

This paper offers facts and figures about the southeast Asian region followed by country studies of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore.  It also focuses on two key issues for the region: democratization, and Islamist terrorism.  From the House of Commons Library

This paper examines the military balance of power in Southeast Asia, the growing military and economic role of China, and the response of six other countries: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore.  From the House of Commons Library

Presents all three versions of the Pentagon Papers side by side online for comparative purposes.  Includes the so-called Gravel Edition entered into Congressional Proceedings in 1971, the authorized, declassified version with deletions demanded by the Nixon administration, and the 2011 complete edition released in June 2011 by the National Archives.  From the National Security Archive

40 years after they were leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. Government has finally released the  complete Pentagon Papers, the Defense Department study of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.  About 34% of the report was not previously available.  From the National Archives

Reports that 619,913 people were naturalized as new citizens of the U.S. during 2010.  Also reports on leading countries of birth (Mexico, India, Philippines, China, and Vietnam) and leading states of residence (California, New York, and Florida).  From the Office of Immigration Statistics of the Department of Homeland Security

Covers U.S. relations with Asian countries following the collapse of U.S. backed regimes in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia with special focus on the evolving relationship with China.  From the State Department

Transcripts from a September 2010 conference to mark the completion of publication of volumes dealing with the Vietnam War in the Foreign Relations of the U.S. series. Speakers include former William and Mary Chancellor Henry Kissinger.  From the Office of the Historian of the Department of State.

Describes the plans of the National Archives to officially declassify the complete body of literature known as the Pentagon Papers, the work of the task force commissioned by then Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara to prepare a complete report of how the U.S. got involved in Vietnam.  The task force produced a 47 volume report with the title United States-Vietnam Relations 1945-1967.  A redacted version of the report was published by the Government Printing Office in 1972.  From the National Archives

Covers the final period of the Vietnam War past the fall of Saigon in April 1975 and includes efforts to understand and learn from the American experience in IndoChina.  From the State Department

Covers Paris negotiations between Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in October 1972, the subsequent refusal of South Vietnamese leaders to accept agreements made in Paris, and the disintegration of negotiations which led to the U.S. decision to conduct an air campaign against Hanoi and Haiphong Harbor.  From the State Department

Covers the period when the Nixon Administration expanded the Vietnam War into Laos and Cambodia.  From the State Department.

Newly declassified records of formerly secret deliberations of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  Includes an extended inquiry into the official version of the 1964  Gulf of Tonkin Incident, which led to direct U.S. military involvement in Vietnam.  From the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

Focuses on U.S. diplomacy as it supported the use of force in Vietnam.  Covers the Easter offensive and its ramifications.  From the Department of State

Examines lessons learned from the Vietnam War about the need for language and cultural skills when waging war against insurgents among the people. From the Defense Technical Information Service and the U.S. Army War College.

Reviews 21 past congressional attempts to curtail presidential efforts to extend or enlarge military operations. Tables and an appendix that summarize and cite bill language intended to end or restrict military operations in Indochina between 1970 and 1973, in Somalia in 1993, and in Kosovo in 1999. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.