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US sees strategic role for Vietnam’s southern port

CAM RANH BAY - US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday a former port used by US forces in the Vietnam War could play a pivotal role in the American military’s shift towards the Asia-Pacific. Panetta’s visit to Cam Ranh Bay was the first by a Pentagon chief since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, and the highly symbolic trip reflected Washington’s efforts to deepen ties with its former enemy as it seeks to counter China’s growing power. “Access for US naval ships into this facility is a key component of this relationship and we see a tremendous potential here,” he told reporters on the deck of the USNS Richard E. Byrd, an American naval cargo ship currently at the port. With new plans to shift the majority of the US naval fleet to the Pacific by 2020, Panetta described the deep-water harbour as strategically vital. http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/06/04/news/foreign/us-sees-strategic-role-for-vietnam%E2%80%99s-southern-port/