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President Xi Set to Visit Vietnam as Tension Heightens Over South China Sea

Kwao Peppeh   |

Oct 30, 2015 07:12 AM EDT

China's President Xi Jinping is scheduled to depart for a state visit to Vietnam from Nov. 5 to 6. Vietnam is one of the claimant countries in the South China Sea and officials in Hanoi have been critical of China's activities in the disputed maritime territory in the past. President Xi's visit will take place less than a week after an American warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of China's settlement on the Subi Reef.