On Friday, August 9, rescue service workers from the Philippines and Vietnam conducted a joint training operation in the South China Sea, reports Reuters. The crews of Filipino and Vietnamese ships used water cannons to sink a boat and simulated a search-and-rescue operation during the first joint coast guard exercises between the two countries, which are in a dispute with China over control of the South China Sea. The Vietnamese 90-meter ship CSB 8002, which arrived at Manila’s port, joined the Philippine patrol vessel BRP Gabriela Silang for the drills, which included fire-fighting, rescue, …