A FUNNY thing happened on the way to the Spratlys. But not for the Vietnamese.

The Philippine Coast Guard aimed to give China tit for tat by deploying PCG navigation buoys around Philippine-held islets and shoals, asserting our territorial rights just as the Chinese do so with fleets of ships and boats, including so-called maritime militia.

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