{"id":31366,"date":"2018-03-05T19:36:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T19:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/05\/carl-vinson-first-carrier-to-visit-vietnam-since-war\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:26:25","slug":"carl-vinson-first-carrier-to-visit-vietnam-since-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/05\/carl-vinson-first-carrier-to-visit-vietnam-since-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Vinson first carrier to visit Vietnam since war"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The carrier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/02\/17\/navy-says-it-wont-be-deterred-by-chinese-built-islands\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Vinson<\/a> pulled into the Vietnamese port of Da Nang on Monday morning for a scheduled five-day stop, the first port visit there by a U.S. carrier in more than four decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompanied by the cruiser Lake Champlain and destroyer Wayne E. Meyer, the Vinson\u2019s arrival comes amid growing tensions in the region as China continues its construction and militarization of man-made islands in the contested South China Sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s persistent expansion into the Spratly archipelago has agitated adjacent nations, to include Vietnam, and challenged international law. It\u2019s an assertiveness that the U.S. Navy has attempted to put in check through routine freedom of navigation operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/02\/17\/navy-says-it-wont-be-deterred-by-chinese-built-islands\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18048374786881.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy says it won&#8217;t be deterred by Chinese-built islands<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A Navy officer aboard a mammoth U.S. aircraft carrier brimming with F18 fighter jets said Saturday that American forces would continue to patrol the South China Sea wherever \u201cinternational law allows us\u201d when asked if China\u2019s newly built islands could restrain them in the disputed waters.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInternational law allows us to operate here, allows us to fly here, allows us to train here, allows us to sail here, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing and we\u2019re going to continue to do that,\u201d Lt. 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Tim Hawkins, spokesman for the carrier Vinson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/02\/17\/navy-says-it-wont-be-deterred-by-chinese-built-islands\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">said last month<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Vinson\u2019s Vietnam visit may add more tension to the already-strained U.S.-China relationship, it has yet to draw the full ire of Beijing, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/asia\/southeast-asia\/article\/2135725\/us-aircraft-carrier-arrives-vietnam-historic-visit-china\">South China Morning Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChina&#8230;knows that Vietnam is unlikely to side with the U.S. militarily to challenge China.\u201d said Le Hong Hiep, a research fellow at the Singapore-based ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The threat of Beijing\u2019s wrath did surface, however, following the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act and discussion of U.S. warships conducting port visits in Taiwan, prompting one Chinese official to threaten the self-ruled, democratic U.S. ally that China claims as part of its own territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe day that a U.S. Navy vessel arrives in Kaohsiung [Taiwan\u2019s main deep-water port] is the day that our People\u2019s Liberation Army unifies Taiwan with military force,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2017\/12\/27\/threats-and-military-exercises-fuel-tension-between-china-and-taiwan\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese official Li Kexin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"957\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/180305-N-BS159-0039.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/180305-N-BS159-0039.JPG.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/180305-N-BS159-0039.JPG.jpg?resize=300,191 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/180305-N-BS159-0039.JPG.jpg?resize=768,490 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/180305-N-BS159-0039.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,653 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The carrier Carl Vinson arrives in Da Nang. (MC3 Devin M. Monroe\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, the nearly 6,000 sailors from the Vinson Strike Group will be engaging in community service projects in Da Nang and participating in sports competitions during the port call. Navy musicians from the U.S. 7th Fleet Band will also be hosting free concerts for Vietnam\u2019s public, a Navy release said.<span class=\"js-paste-start-GVVXLDLOPJAYTLEGQAB53LLFOE\"><span class=\"js-paste-end-GVVXLDLOPJAYTLEGQAB53LLFOE\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur nations\u2019 relationship has reached new heights in the past few years,\u201d said U.S. Pacific Fleet Adm. Scott Swift. \u201cI am confident that engagements like this will further expand the comprehensive partnership between the United States and Vietnam.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have gone from former enemies to close partners,\u201d said U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the Vinson is the first U.S. carrier to visit the country since the war, Vietnam hosted other U.S. Navy ships in 2016, when the destroyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/11\/01\/crushed-in-their-racks-inside-the-john-s-mccain-disaster\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">John S. 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