Vietnam's Deputy Defence Minister General Nguyen Chi Vinh (C) speaks with the media after the inauguration ceremony of Vietnam Peace Keeping Center in Hanoi May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Kham
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Vietnam expects to take delivery of coastguard ships from Japan early next year, the country's vice defence minister said on Sunday, as Hanoi looks to boost its defences amid a territorial row with China in the South China Sea.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday that Tokyo would provide Southeast Asian nations its "utmost support" in their territorial disputes over the South China Sea, in a speech that received a hostile response from China.
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