Vietnam's overriding interest in its foreign relations has been to accelerate its economic development.

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Foreign investors are showing a strong interest in the country's economic potential, not only for its natural resources but also for its consumer base of 60 million people.

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Casey Institute of the Center for Security Policy noted at the time, (1) such action represented a deplorable capitulation to foreign pressure in the face of a clear national interest in cutting off the economic life-support to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

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