02/03/20199:02 SA“Hanoi is desperate for a better relationship with Washington and would like a free trade agreement with the Trump administration to ensure it is not entirely dependent on Chinese markets and consumers,” Kazianis, an expert on the Koreas, China, and the Asia-Pacific, said. “Vietnam also would love to purchase large amounts of advanced U.S. military equipment, and I have even heard Hanoi-based diplomats talk of a brewing U.S.-Vietnam alliance against China in the future.”