00:00The relationship between the Philippines and Vietnam is becoming more stable due to the security cooperation and joint bilateral mechanism.
00:06Bea Gazzane-Guzman, Radyo Pilipinas, for Balitang Pambansa.
00:13Although both have claims in the West Philippine Sea,
00:15the relationship between the Philippines and Vietnam is stronger and more intense.
00:20In fact, the Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam,
00:23Meynardo Montealegre, in an interview with Radyo Pilipinas World Service,
00:28the security cooperation and joint bilateral mechanism between the two countries continues.
00:34We have a mechanism to discuss our political security cooperation.
00:41We have a so-called joint bilateral mechanism
00:47where we discuss this issue.
00:53Under the joint bilateral mechanism of the Philippines and Vietnam,
00:57foreign ministers, undersecretaries, and working-levels are discussing issues in the West Philippine Sea.
01:06As of August 2024,
01:09the Philippines and Vietnam conducted their first joint maritime drills in the WPS.
01:15The Philippine Coast Guard, PCG BRP Gabriela Silang,
01:20and the Vietnam Coast Guard, VCG CSB 8002,
01:24conducted search and rescue operations,
01:30firefighting and explosion drills, aerial surveillance, and passing exercise in Correjidor Island, Bataan.
01:35From PBS Radyo Pilipinas, Bea Gazzane-Guzman, for Balitang Pambansa.
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