The Philippines and Vietnam are charting a “new” and “deeper” trajectory for their defense relationship amid a more volatile regional environment, proving that rival claimant-nations in the South China Sea (SCS) can cooperate civilizedly—a feat that Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. declared is currently “not possible” with China due to a total absence of good faith.
Teodoro met with Vietnamese Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang in Manila on Monday, June 1, to renew the two countries’ Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on defense cooperation. (via Martin Sadongdong | MB)
READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/06/01/ph-vietnam-deepen-defense-ties-despite-south-china-sea-rivalry
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