They both have a bit in common. They’re both communist Asian states that the US went to war with during the Cold War and did not win. But the messaging regarding the two states is a lot different. DPRK is treated like the worst dictatorship ever, that kills you and your family for even thinking that the Kims are less than gods, whilst also starving. But Vietnam, they say… nothing.
Why isn’t Vietnam demonized like DPRK?
The US Empire is trying to treat Vietnam like they did China in the 90s, and is trying to leverage Vietnam’s socialist market economy into pivoting them away from China and towards the US. The DPRK cannot be treated as such.
The US failed to pivot China, and will likely fail with Vietnam as well as both are socialist countries and practice shows that by maintaining control of the large firms and key industries and a dictatorship of the proletariat, porkie can’t act freely and reinstate capitalism.