News Snapshot:
The warning shot comes as US Vice President Kamala Harris is set to travel to Vietnam later this month to “strengthen relationships and expand economic cooperation”. Also, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin completed a two-day visit to Hanoi on Thursday where he tried to strengthen political ties between the two nations. Vietnam disputes China’s vast ‘nine-dash line’ claim over the South China Sea, which encroaches on Hanoi’s maritime territory. Beijing has been constructing artificial fortified islands in the maritime region and prohibiting ocean-going vessels from free passage through it. On Thursday, US secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said in...