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Philippines Vietnam
There was little diplomatic or cultural intercourse between
the Philippines and Vietnam until the 1960s. The Philippines
contributed a small civic action unit to the United States effort
during the Vietnam War but refused to allow the United States to
mount B-52 bombing runs from Clark Air Base. (The aircraft flew
from Guam, and were refueled from Clark.) Beginning in 1975, tens
of thousands of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees entered the
model refugee camp set up by the United Nations at Morong on the
Bataan Peninsula. A clean, well-run place, it provided Vietnamese
and Cambodians bound for the United States with training in
English, American history, and vocational skills. The Philippines
joined other ASEAN states in opposing Vietnam's occupation of
Cambodia, even indicating a willingness to support the Khmer
Rouge, if necessary, to rid Cambodia of Vietnamese forces.
Data as of June 1991
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