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Vice President Kamala Harris, on her second international trip in the role, got a taste of the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China as she flew into Vietnam - a former U.S. adversary wary of Beijings growing dominance and now courted by Washington.

Harris has used her Asia trip that began in Singapore to criticize Beijing’s aggressive posture in the South China Sea.

Duterte fully restores key US military pact July 31 2021 12:27 AM RELATED STORIES United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (left) signs a guest book as Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana looks on at Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Text Size: Reuters/ Manila Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has restored a crucial pact governing the presence of US troops in the southeast Asian nation, the two countries’ defence ministers said yest...

Philippines Rodrigo Duterte fully restores key United States troop pact SECTIONS Last Updated: Jul 30, 2021, 12:45 PM IST Share Synopsis The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) provides rules for the rotation of thousands of U.S. troops in and out of the Philippines for war drills and exercises. It has assumed additional importance as the United States and its allies contend with an increasingly assertive China. Getty Images In this handout photo provided by the US Navy, the Nimitz-class aircraft c...

Philippines’ Duterte fully restores key U.S. troop pact United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) and Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (R) shake hands after a bilateral meeting at Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 30, 2021. Rolex Dela Pena/Pool via REUTERS July 30, 2021 By Idrees Ali and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has restored a crucial pact governing the presence of U.S. troops in the South...

  >>  Reuters Published: 30 Jul 2021 02:35 PM BdST Updated: 30 Jul 2021 02:35 PM BdST United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) and Philippines Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (R) shake hands after a bilateral meeting at Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 30, 2021. Rolex Dela Pena/Pool via REUTERS Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has restored a crucial pact governing the presence of US troops in the Southeast Asian nation, the two cou...

Philippines Duterte fully restores key troop pact with United States Toggle share menu Advertisement Philippines Duterte fully restores key troop pact with United States The 1998 Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is the legal framework for the presence of American troops on Philippine soil, and is central to the two nations hundreds of annual military exercises. (File photo: AFP/Ted Aljibe) 30 Jul 2021 12:30PM Share this content Bookmark MANILA: President Rodrigo ...

Pentagon chief to nudge ties with Vietnam as human rights concerns linger By Idrees Ali Reuters HANOI (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will on Thursday look to nudge forward security ties with Vietnam that have been slowly deepening as both countries watch Chinas activities in the South China Sea with growing alarm. Despite growing military relations, more than four decades after the Vietnam War ended in 1975, President Joe Bidens administration has said there are limits to the r...

Pentagon chief in Vietnam to advance ties but rights concerns linger By Idrees Ali Reuters HANOI (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sought on Thursday to nudge forward security ties with Vietnam that have been slowly deepening as both countries watch Chinas activities in the South China Sea with growing alarm. Despite closer military relations, more than four decades after the Vietnam War ended in 1975, President Joe Bidens administration has said there are limits to the relationshi...

Five years after South China Sea ruling, Chinas presence around Philippines only growing By Karen Lema Reuters CATO, Philippines (Reuters) - Filipino fisherman Randy Megu has often braved the storms that spring up in the South China Sea, but these days he has a greater fear: seeing a Chinese maritime enforcement vessel on the horizon. Five years after a landmark international arbitration court ruling repudiated Chinas claims to the waters where Megu fishes, the 48-year-old complains that hi...