Get Ready, China: U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers are Headed to Vietnam
What will China think?
Zachary Keck [2]
In a move that is sure to upset China, a U.S. aircraft carrier will be visiting Vietnam in 2018, the first time an American carrier will be in the country since the end of the Vietnam War.
Last week, Vietnam's Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich visited the United States to meet with Secretary of Defense James Mattis. The readout of the meeting [3] said 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 [4] that the goal was to arrange a visit some time next year.
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