Filipino and Vietnamese troops played volleyball and football in a contested South China Sea archipelago on Sunday, a landmark act of sports diplomacy that both sides said could ease territorial tensions.
The games were hosted by Vietnam on one of the islands it controls in the Spratlys archipelago, a powder keg area of competing regional claims, Philippine Navy spokesperson Lt. Commander Gregory Fabic said.
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