2023-2024 Lê Ngọc Mai Affiliation: Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Contact: Lengocmaivbd@dav.edu.vn /Lemaingoc243@gmail.com Ngoc Mai is currently a Research Assistant at the East Sea (South China Sea) Institute, the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations. Her research focuses on the South China Sea, Vietnam’s foreign policy, and US-China strategic competition. Đỗ Thị Thu Hiền Affiliation: Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Contact: Email: hiendothithu-vbd@dav.edu.vn  – Viber/Whatsapp: +84 363 708 302 Thu Hien is currently a Research Assistant at the East Sea Institute, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. She earned a Bachelor Degree of International Relations the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Her research focuses on the South China Sea and mainland ASEAN politics. 2022 Tran Chi Trung Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam Contact: tranchitrungmofa@gmail.com / trung_tran@hks16.harvard.edu Tran Chi Trung was born 1985 in Hanoi. He is currently Assistant Director General of the Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam and PhD Candidate at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam He holds a Master of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government under the Fulbright scholarship (2016) and a Bachelor of Business Administration at the Free University of Berlin, Germany (2009)….