Tempests and tea-pots

The Vietnamese government recently returned home from a night on the town to discover the whole Greater East-Asia Co-prosperity Sphere caught up in tizzy. What is all this talk of alliances and betrayal? You make it sound like there's a war on. True, there have been some unfortunate incursions on the sovereign territory of Indonesia and Australia, and two of the Sultanate of Brunei's neighbors have been unable to agree on who should occupy it (for its own protection, they assure me). True, there appears to be something of a military build-up all over the region. But don't make mountains of molehills! Our differences are nothing compared to our similarities, after all.

The government of Vietnam disclaims any desire for war and bloodshed. We stand ready to work with any of our neighbors towards the peace of the region. We invite any and all leaders to a summit in our beautiful city of Saigon for a nice bowl of pho.