US lifts 40-year arms ban to boost Vietnam sea defence

SOURCE: AFP In a decision likely to anger China, the US is partly lifting a 40-year ban on arms sales to former foe Vietnam to help boost defences in the tense South China Sea.The historic easing of the ban in place since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 will only apply to maritime […]



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