Honour guards march past the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) flag and Vietnamese flag in the background, after a flag raising ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the regional group at Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Kham
MANILA (Reuters) - A scheduled meeting between the foreign ministers of China and Vietnam was cancelled on the sidelines of a regional gathering, Chinese embassy officials said, amid growing tension between the two countries over the South China Sea.
Vietnam had held out for language that noted concern about island-building and criticised militarisation in South China Sea in the communique on Sunday from foreign ministers of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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