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EU, Vietnam to agree to boost work on minerals, chips, "trusted" 5G
- alephnerd 9mo agoThis agreement is connected to the EU-India Defense Pact signed yesterday [0], as France has been working to act as a technology partner to both India and Vietnam [1][2][3] as part of it's Indo-Pacific Strategy [4] which went into overdrive after China and Azerbaijan attempted to destabilize Nouvelle Caledonia [5]. [0] - https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/security-and-defence-eu-and-india-sign-security-defence-partnership_en https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/security-and-defence-eu-and-... [1] - https://www.intelligenceonline.fr/europe-russie/2024/12/18/les-groupes-francais-se-positionnent-sur-les-drones-navals-a-hanoi,110350915-art https://www.intelligenceonline.fr/europe-russie/2024/12/18/l... [2] - https://www.intelligenceonline.fr/europe-russie/2025/09/29/discrete-visite-vietnamienne-a-paris-pour-avancer-sur-l-export-du-patroller-de-safran,110526695-art https://www.intelligenceonline.fr/europe-russie/2025/09/29/d... [3] - https://www.intelligenceonline.fr/asie-pacifique/2025/09/12/contre-les-cyberattaques-chinoises-hanoi-s-appuie-sur-cyber-ranges,110515737-art https://www.intelligenceonline.fr/asie-pacifique/2025/09/12/... [4] - https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/strate_gie_indopacifique_de_la_france_2025_cle0bc96b.pdf https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/strate_gie_indopacifi... [5] - https://www.lesechos.fr/politique-societe/regions/nouvelle-caledonie-quand-chine-russie-et-azerbaidjan-manoeuvrent-pour-destabiliser-larchipel-2095286 https://www.lesechos.fr/politique-societe/regions/nouvelle-c...