(5 Aug 2024)
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Manila, Philippines – 5 August 2024
1. Various of Philippine Coast guard personnel waving flags to welcome Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) ship, CSB 8002, docking in Manila port
2. VCG Region 2 Vice Commander Colonel Hoang Quoc Dat being welcomed by Philippine Coast Guard officials
3. Colonel Hoang walking to podium
4. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Colonel Hoang Quoc, VCG Region 2 Vice Commander:
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“This presents an opportunity for us as officers representing the Vietnam Coastguard to convey the beautiful message and image of the dynamic and enthusiastic Vietnam Coastguard officers in action. It’s a chance to preserve the positive relationship between the two agencies establishing a solid foundation for the two sides to continue strengthening and developing our cooperative relationship for mutual benefits. Consequently, this will promote and enhance the efficiency information sharing and the coordination of maritime law enforcement in accordance with international law, thereby contributing to the preservation and protection of the region’s maritime security and safety.”
5. Philippine coast guard spokesperson, Rear Admiral Armand Balilo, talking to journalist
6. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Rear Admiral Armand Balilo, Philippine coast guard spokesperson:
"This is important because we are building partnerships and this shows that even rival claimants can have an opportunity to nurture a relationship. For two countries that have problems in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), this is a good template, to build stronger relationships and maybe we can apply this to other countries that have similar claims. So it is possible to agree, we can talk, we can deescalate the situation with this kind of activists.”
7. Philippine and Vietnamese flag on vessel
8. Vietnam Coast Guard ship
STORYLINE:
A Vietnamese coast guard ship arrived in Manila Monday for a four-day goodwill visit to include joint exercises with Philippine maritime forces.
The Philippine coast guard said the visit showed that countries with rival claims in the South China Sea could foster a working relationship and avoid confrontations that could lead to conflict.
The Philippines and Vietnam are among the most vocal critics of China’s increasingly hostile actions in the disputed waters, a key global trade and security route, although they themselves have overlapping claims in the busy sea passage along with Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.
The disputes have been regarded as a regional flashpoint and a delicate fault line in the U.S.-China regional rivalry.
As Philippine coast guard personnel waved Philippine and Vietnamese flags and a brass band played under the sun at Manila’s harbor, Vietnam’s 2,400-ton coast guard ship with 80 crewmembers docked with some of its officers saluting from the lower and upper decks of the 90-meter ship.
During its stay in Manila, the two coast guard forces will hold talks and tour each other’s vessels.
They will also hold joint search and rescue drills and fire and explosion contingency exercises in Manila Bay, in the western section of the northern Philippines that faces the South China Sea.
AP video shot by Joeal Calupitan
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