honestly after everything the vietnamese people have gone through i think theyve earned the right to think whatever the hell they want about the various countries that have invaded them, and i dont think any of us have the right to be disappointed in them for it

Every and any people "can think whatever they want" . As an outsider looking into those dynamics you should put a lot of weight in their perspective ,especially opressed and colonized people, but also are free to not stop there and look at greater dynamics and historic and cultural changes. I never said im disappointed or disaproveing of the Vietnamese people having misgivings and negative outlook towards China. I only said that im dissapointed on how disproportionately opposite those seem compared to their positive public opinions and attitude towards America and the west that has in living memory killed,colonized and immiserated tens of millions of Vietnamese . And considering that that (not the hating China part) is probably a result of the US/western cultural hegemony and media having more of a hold and presence in Vietnam than any other AES project is what is disappointing