The National Defense University (NDU) has contributed to the emerging “strategic partnership” with Vietnam through visits from senior Vietnamese defense officials, helping Washington to carry on a tradition of countries sharing information on how each country trains and equips its forces and does things. NDU also aspires to be permanently on the itinerary of future visitors from that country. Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh held a talk with university President Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau and a plenary session with senior fellows in 2009, and National Defense Academy Commandant Lieutenant General Vo Tien Trung visited in 2011, conducting meetings at NDU and conferring with congressional staffers on bilateral defense relations. Both schools seek to engage in more academic exchanges, joint research, communication between subject matter experts, and visits by institutional leaders, students, and faculty. All this is only possible because of NDU’s effort to explore fresh approaches to old problems.