Of course, we would have sent the hospital ship and countless medical and water supplies to the people. You have to remember the West "bigmouth" media will take any opportunity to lambaste us during the height of the Sino-Pinoy tension. So regardless of how much we donate in dollar term, we get criticized anyways. They certainly took advantage of the situation and made a big deal out of our initial $200,000 donation, the same amount Vietnam (Pinoy allie) donated. But we also said it is too quick to criticize as we were still evaluating the damage. You also have to remember we suffered the Typhoon in our coastal area as well.
There is obviously some sensitivities about the Vietnam-Phillipines relation so they let it go. You notice their fishery chairman made a slip of the mouth that claimed it was the Filipinos.
A local fishery association has said the murderers were Filipinos.
Vietnam orders investigation into shooting death of fisherman in Vietnamese waters
The reason why it is most likely a Pinoy is due to the fact pirate had been known and notorious in the Philippines. This is not the first time Pinoy killed foreigners or kidnapping people.
You see, I don't believe we should let the past be the tale end of the future. If the US can put agent orange on Vietnamese and become their "best friend" nowadays showed that we can be friend too. I have no hatre for Pinoy nor the Vietnamese. That's an accusation I can't accept, especially now. I defend my country position with honor but I do not hate the people of any nationalities.