US Announced Maritime Security Aid for Vietnam, ASEAN Nations

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has announced increased maritime security assistance for Vietnam and other nations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN.At a press conference in Hanoi Monday with his Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Binh Minh, Kerry said Washington will provide Vietnam with $18 million, including five fast patrol boats for its Coast Guard. Other ASEAN nations will get about $14.5 million in assistance to protect their territorial waters.Kerry denied the new...

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