WASHINGTON—Vietnam's president on Thursday voiced firm opposition to China's claims in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) but declined to back a Philippine bid to take the row to a United Nations (UN) tribunal. On a visit to Washington, President Truong Tan Sang rejected China's "nine-dash-line map" through which it claims virtually all of the strategic sea, including islands close to neighboring countries. "We cannot find any legal foundation or scientific basis for such a claim and therefore it is the consistent policy of Vietnam to oppose the nine-dash-line plan by China," Sang told the Center for Strategic and International Studies...
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