By Ha Nguyen VOA November 26, 2019 08:45 AM

HO CHI MINH CITY – Vietnam got a double dose of waterway diplomacy from the United States last week.
In the north, in Hanoi, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced Wednesday his nation would provide Vietnam with a second coast guard cutter ship to use in the South China Sea, where it has a dispute with China.