Japan will provide six new patrol boats to Vietnam to enhance its maritime security as China continues to boost its control over the South China Sea region. The important announcement was made on Monday during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the Southeast Asian country.
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« We will strongly support Vietnam’s enhancing its maritime law enforcement capability, » Abe said, emphasizing that all the territorial disputes in the South China Sea region must be settled through negotiation and as per the international law.
The value of six coastguard patrol vessels stands at 38.5 billion Yen ($338 million). Tokyo would provide Vietnam financial loan at a concessional rate to pay these money, a Japanese official said. However, no timeline has been set to deliver these coastguard vessels.
It must be noted that Japan had made a similar pledge to give patrol vessels to Hanoi in September last year.
