Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh expressed support to the country’s move to bring its dispute with China before an international court as he disclosed that his country has also rejected Beijing’s proposal to jointly explore contested areas in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said the Vietnamese official backed the arbitration case filed by the Philippines against China before the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (Itlos).

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