Vietnam is strengthening its maritime militia. In late January, it held a flag-hoisting ceremony in Vung Tau province for a new militia unit consisting of five gleaming steel-hulled boats that Chinese researchers claim are equipped with heavy machine guns.
Six months earlier, the first such unit of Vietnam’s “permanent maritime militia and self-defense force” was established in another southern province, Kien Giang. Similar units are planned for at least four other coastal provinces, according to state media.
This is widely seen as a response to China’s maritime militia, which is far larger and better-equipped, and a key lever in Beijing’s effort to assert control in the contested South China Sea.
But Chinese analysts argue that arming the Vietnamese militia could stoke tensions and threaten regional security. That’s a charge often leveled at China, particularly when its vessels mass around disputed reefs and islets.
RFA
2 comments:
The evil Vietnam tried to protect the maritime areas that Vietnam had stolen in the past.
The thief should not have any right to protect its stolen properties.
China should teach the evil Yuon a second lesson. But don't teach like the first lesson.
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