By Nguyen Xuan Quynh
(Bloomberg) —Vietnam said it has sent a coast guard delegation to the Philippines for joint training between the two Southeast Asian nations.
“This is the first time the Vietnam Coast Guard has organized a ship to visit” the Philippines, Vietnam’s ministry of defense said on its website. Vessel CSB 8002’s trip is aimed at improving the two countries’ maritime law enforcement capacity and coordination in rescue and fire prevention, it said.
Both countries have been locked in a territorial dispute with China over portions of the South China Sea. In June, Vietnam offered to hold talks with the Philippines about overlapping territorial claims.
Philippine and Japan navies held their first bilateral drills in the contested waters, the Southeast Asian nation’s military said in a statement Friday.
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