In a move that security commentators say is aimed at countering China's build-up of naval power in the South China Sea, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced on October 31, 2010 that the bay would reopen to foreign navies after a three-year project to upgrade the port's facilities.
Med et skridt, som sikkerhedskommentatorer betegnede som en modskridt mod Kinas flådeopbygning i det Sydkinesiske Hav, meddelte den vietnamesiske premierminister Nguyen Tan Dung den 31. oktober 2010, at bugten ville blive genåbnet for fremmede flådeskibe efter et treårs projekt, der skulle opgradere havnens faciliteter.