Chinese Warship In Vietnam On Friendly Port Call

by Michael Sullivan, NPR

Vietnam hosted what it described as the first official port visit by a Chinese warship. The frigate docked Tuesday in the central Vietnamese city of Danang, which is where the first U.S. soldiers went ashore in 1965. Vietnam and China are working on improving their sometimes strained relations, but many Vietnamese distrust China.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, November 18, 2008