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
Topics
0:00 Vietnam joins BRICS
0:42 History of BRICS expansion
1:01 BRICS membership
1:21 Map of BRICS+
1:30 BRICS: 44% of global GDP (PPP)
1:50 BRICS: 56% of world population
2:26 Cold War and Non-Aligned Movement
3:33 USA tries to divide Vietnam & China
5:07 Vietnam's foreign policy is non-aligned
5:53 Timing of Vietnam's decision
6:47 Trump's tariffs
7:39 China improves relations with Vietnam
8:32 Complex history of China-Vietnam relations
10:47 Vietnam's "Four Nos"
11:48 China's non-alignment
12:17 Similarities of Chinese & Vietnamese socialist system
13:36 Vietnam's economic development
15:32 Incomes in Vietnam & China
16:40 Socialist market economy
17:22 Life expectancy in Vietnam & China
18:38 Popularity of Vietnamese & Chinese governments
19:34 Western capitalist oligarchy
21:11 Global South alternatives
21:57 The ASEAN Way
22:37 ASEAN-GCC-China Summit
23:16 Outro
