PAPER EDITION-HEADLINES | SOUTH CHINA SEA- US, Vietnam warn against ‘threat or use of force’
This photo taken on Aug. 22, 2023 from the deck of Philippine coast guard ship BRP Cabra shows a Chinese coast guard ship (R) shadowing a civilian boat (C) chartered by the Philippine navy to deliver supplies to Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre in Second Thomas Shoal, known in the disputed South China Sea. A team of AFP journalists on board the BRP Cabra, one of the two Philippine Coast Guard escort boats, watched as one of the Chinese ships came within several meters of the vessel. AFP was one of three media outlets given the rare opportunity to join the Philippine resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal, less than three weeks after Chinese coast guard ships water cannoned a similar replenishment operation.
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Rare meet Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong and US President Joe Biden hold a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. AFP PHOTO
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