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Second US aircraft carrier visits Danang after Vietnam War
11:56, 2020/03/05
The visit signals Washington's intends to remain the pre-eminent naval power in the South China Sea.

The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on Thursday morning pulled into Vietnam’s central coastal city of Danang to start a five-day port visit, Vietnamese media reported.

The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) in Da Nang's Son Tra peninsula on March 5. Photo: VnExpress

The visit marks the second time a US Navy aircraft carrier has visited the Southeast Asian country since the end of the Vietnam War, following the first in early 2018 by USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) to the same port city destination.

Carlyle Thayer, head of Thayer Consultancy, an Australia-based defense consulting firm, said that Theodore Roosevelt’s visit doesn’t necessarily mean a shift in Vietnam’s position but it does send an important message.

“The United States is signaling that it intends to remain the pre-eminent naval power in the Western Pacific and South China Sea. Vietnam is signaling that it supports the presence of the U.S. Navy in the South China Sea as long as it contributes to peace and stability,” Thayer wrote.

Roughly 200 miles away from Danang is China’s Hainan island and Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands in the South China Sea. Both China and Vietnam claim the Paracel Islands, but China currently controls them after the invasion in 1974.

The US Navy recently increased the frequency of freedom of navigation operations in the region, including passes by the Paracel Islands.

Chinese officials are dismissive of the role which the US plays in maintaining peace and security in the region. Chinese defense ministry officials routinely criticize US military operations in the South China Sea.

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