Vietnam warned over tour in Spratlys<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: A Philippine foreign affairs official on Monday
\nwarned a controversial eight-day tour of Vietnam officials to the
\ndisputed Spratly Islands may raise tensions in the area.<\/p>\n
Foreign Undersecretary Franklin Ebdalin said Filipino
\ndiplomats have yet to file an official report on the tour, which
\nbegan on earlier Monday from Saigon Port.<\/p>\n
\"But we have to remind Vietnam that there is a code of conduct
\nunder which the signatories should refrain from committing acts
\nthat would disrupt the status quo in the region,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"They should not do something that would increase the
\ntension,\" he added.<\/p>\n
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism said 100
\npeople, including government officials, were aboard the boat that
\nsailed out from Saigon for the \"experimental trip\" to the
\nSpratlys.<\/p>\n
Foreign journalists and tourists were not allowed to join the
\ntrip.<\/p>\n
The Spratlys are claimed in whole or in part by the
\nPhilippines, Vietnam, China, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan. --DPA<\/p>",
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