April 2021: VIETNAM in the Security Council: 'We Try to Make Everyone Happy'

As Vietnam assumes the UN Security Council presidency, harsh
crackdowns by the Myanmar military continue in the country after
the Feb. 1 coup d’état. And since Vietnam presented itself as a
"bridge builder" when it joined the Council in January 2020, its
ability to bring the 14 other members together on specifically
preventing further atrocities in Myanmar will be rigorously tested
this month. We talk about the challenges with Vietnam’s ambassador
to the UN, Dang Dinh Quy, and experts Dr. Prashanth Parameswaran
from the Wilson Center in Washington and Kyle Springer from the
Perth USAsia Center, a think tank in Australia.