Photos show Chinese military drone washed ashore on neighbor's beach

A suspected Chinese drone used by the military to simulate enemy missiles was found washed ashore in neighboring Vietnam, local authorities said over the weekend.

Border authorities in Quang Ngai, a central province on Vietnam's east coast, said on Saturday that the red unmanned aerial vehicle with links to China had been discovered on a beach by a fisherman the previous day, according to the Tuoi Tre newspaper.

Hanoi and Beijing recently signed dozens of agreements when President Xi Jinping visited the country last week. Xi is courting China's communist neighbor to the south at a time when Vietnam has opened the door to closer cooperation with the United States and some of America's allies.