• 4 months ago
The Philippines and Vietnam, which have overlapping territorial claims in the South China Sea (SCS), opted to set aside their differences and chose to strengthen their maritime cooperation as a patrol ship from the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) dropped anchor in Port Area, Manila on Monday, Aug. 5, for the VCG's first ever port call in the country.

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00:30Well, it's important because we're building a partnership and we're showing that we can
00:46work together as two countries that have problems in the West Philippine Sea, but we can also
00:54template how to build a stronger relationship and maybe we can also apply it to other countries
01:05that have claims against us. So, we can work together, we can talk, we can de-escalate
01:11the situation through these activities.
01:24you

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