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