Two U.S. Aircraft Carrier Heading to Vietnam and Philippines Amid China Tension (Jan. 5, 2024)
Amid heightened tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea, the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan is scheduled to make a rare visit to Danang, the port city in Central Vietnam. The upcoming visit by Ronald Reagan comes a month after a Chinese navy training ship also made a port call in Da Nang as part of a goodwill tour to Thailand, Brunei, and the Philippines. Additionally, Vietnam recently hosted Japan’s largest destroyer, the Izumo, after joint exercises with the USS Ronald Reagan and other American vessels in the South China Sea. The United States aims to enhance its bilateral relationship with Vietnam and Philippines, especially considering manila and Hanoi’s ongoing disputes with Beijing over territorial boundaries in the South China Sea. Dual carrier operations in the South China Sea was in July 2020, when the Ronald Reagan and Nimitz carrier strike groups twice operated together in the South China Sea.
Amid heightened tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea, the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan is scheduled to make a rare visit to Danang, the port city in Central Vietnam. The upcoming visit by Ronald Reagan comes a month after a Chinese navy training ship also made a port call in Da Nang as part of a goodwill tour to Thailand, Brunei, and the Philippines. Additionally, Vietnam recently hosted Japan’s largest destroyer, the Izumo, after joint exercises with the USS Ronald Reagan and other American vessels in the South China Sea. The United States aims to enhance its bilateral relationship with Vietnam and Philippines, especially considering manila and Hanoi’s ongoing disputes with Beijing over territorial boundaries in the South China Sea. Dual carrier operations in the South China Sea was in July 2020, when the Ronald Reagan and Nimitz carrier strike groups twice operated together in the South China Sea.