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BRICS expands to majority of world population: Vietnam joins, USA fails to divide China & Vietnam

23 minutes Posted Jul 4, 2025 at 2:14 pm.

Vietnam joins BRICS

History of BRICS expansion

BRICS membership

Map of BRICS+

BRICS: 44% of global GDP (PPP)

BRICS: 56% of world population

Cold War and Non-Aligned Movement

USA tries to divide Vietnam & China

Vietnam's foreign policy is non-aligned

Timing of Vietnam's decision

Trump's tariffs

China improves relations with Vietnam

Complex history of China-Vietnam relations

Vietnam's "Four Nos"

China's non-alignment

Similarities of Chinese & Vietnamese socialist system

Vietnam's economic development

Incomes in Vietnam & China

Socialist market economy

Life expectancy in Vietnam & China

Popularity of Vietnamese & Chinese governments

Western capitalist oligarchy

Global South alternatives

The ASEAN Way

ASEAN-GCC-China Summit

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BRICS has expanded to 20 countries - 10 members and 10 partners - after adding Vietnam. BRICS+ now makes up 43.93% of world GDP (PPP) and 55.61% of the global population. Ben Norton explains how the US failed to divide China and Vietnam in the Second Cold War.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZUeShGMarI

Sources, links, and downloadable charts here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/07/04/brics-expansion-population-gdp-vietnam

Asia is uniting, creating a new post-West global order: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRGkCw-Sqk0

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