Joint drills between the Philippine and Vietnamese coast guards will focus on key areas such as search and rescue, fire, and explosion prevention.
The Philippines and Vietnam have launched their first-ever joint coast guard training exercises in the South China Sea where the countries share territorial disputes with each other as well as China.On Monday, the Vietnamese coast guard patrol ship CSB 8002, with 80 crew members aboard, arrived in Manila ahead of the scheduled drills set to begin Friday.
It shows we can work together,' Reuters quoted Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson Armando Balilo as saying.The Philippine and Vietnamese coast guards did not immediately respond to written requests for comment.Philippine pushback against China's increasingly assertive activities near hotspots in this zone have resulted in several incidents this year, testing that country's Mutual Defense Treaty with the U.S.
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