Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, meets with Hoang Binh Quan, Vietnam’s Chairman of External Affairs Commission of the Communist Party on Dec. 9, 2013. US Navy Photo

From the Dec. 16, 2013 U.S. State Department fact sheet: Expanded U.S. Assistance for Maritime Capacity Building.

On December 16, Secretary of State John Kerry announced an initial commitment of $32.5 million in new regional and bilateral assistance to advance maritime capacity building in Southeast Asia. Including this new funding, our planned region-wide funding support for maritime capacity building exceeds $156 million for the next two years. Read More →