HANOI: The United States and Vietnam warned on Monday (Sep 11) against the 'threat or use of force' in the disputed South China Sea, days after the latest clash involving Chinese vessels. President Joe Biden and Vietnam's Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong said the competing claims on the strategic wat
, widely seen as a way to counter China's growing assertiveness in the region.
Vietnam, which fought a war with China between 1979 and 1988, is wary of its giant northern neighbour, and is one of a handful of countries with claims on the many islets and outcrops that dot the South China Sea. The Philippine Navy deliberately grounded an old ship on the shoal in 1999 to check China's advance in the waters.The Philippines, a longtime US ally, has outposts on nine reefs and islands in the Spratly Islands - which Vietnam also claims along with the Paracel Islands.
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