CHINA-US: US AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO VISIT VIETNAM
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In a move sure to upset China, a US aircraft carrier will visit Vietnam in 2018, the first time an American carrier will be in the country since the end of the Vietnam War. When Vietnam's Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich visited the US and met US Secretary of Defense James Mattis last week, the two defense leaders “directed their staffs to work toward arranging a first carrier visit to Vietnam once technical conditions permit.” The Pentagon later clarified that the goal was to arrange a visit some time next year. Though neither side released any further details, the aircraft carrier is likely to dock in Cam Ranh Bay. It was reported last year that the piers at Cam Ranh Bay had been refitted to accommodate aircraft carriers.
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