Japan will provide six patrol vessels to Vietnam as part of a loan offered to the Southeast Asian country totalling about JPY117 billion (USD1 billion) to enhance bilateral co-operation, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was quoted by Kyodo news agency as saying on 16 January during a two-day visit to Hanoi. "The two countries will further strengthen security and defence co-operation, and this time Japan has decided to provide [Vietnam with] newly built patrol vessels at Vietnam's request," Abe said at a conference with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc. "We will strongly support Vietnam strengthening its maritime law-enforcement capabilities," Abe added.
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