Washington's re-engagement with Southeast Asia comes as a deteriorating trade war with China threatens to engulf the global economy
, as the resource-rich waters contain some of the world's most vital commercial shipping lanes.
The navies of the US and ASEAN will do the same on September 2, the US embassy in Bangkok announced late Friday, August 23, with the exercises launching at a Thai naval base in Chonburi province east of Bangkok. The drills will primarily take place off the coast of Vietnam's southernmost Ca Mau province, where the US Navy will dispatch"suspicious boats" in a mock exercise to help ASEAN's navies to"search, verify, and legally prosecute" the boats.Chinese survey ship entered watersThe ship left for a brief period this month, and then came back – prompting calls from Hanoi to vacate the area.
"We held exercises with China, now we are having exercises with the US...it has nothing to do with the current situation," said Lieutenant General Kongcheep Tantravanich.
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