The U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs told a think tank recently that the Pentagon is in talks with Vietnam to send an aircraft carrier to the country this year.
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“We are discussing it with Vietnam right now. Our hope is that this can be a regular feature of the relationship. It would be a sign of a mature and a strategic relationship,” Schriver told the Center for Strategic and International Studies.