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China’s Vessels Ram Vietnamese Craft In South China Sea

(BGF) - Forbes reported that that six Vietnamese craft were injured in a collision on May 4 as China ships intentionally rammed two Vietnamese Sea Guard vessels.  The tensions has escalated in the South China Sea as China brought its drilling rig in waters which...

In High Seas, China Moves Unilaterally

In High Seas, China Moves Unilaterally

(BGF) - China is increasingly becoming aggressive and has not been shy in recent years about making broad claims to control much of the South China Sea. By installing an expensive drilling rig in disputed waters with Vietnam, it made a new move in its strategy. It now...

Vietnam tries to stop China oil rig deployment

(BGF) - The news of USA Today reported that Vietnamese ships and Chinese naval vessels collided Wednesday in the South China Sea as Hanoi sought to prevent Beijing from setting up an oil rig in waters claimed by both nations. Click here to read the full article or...

China insists it has right to put rig off Vietnam

(BGF) - The Associated Press reported that Yi Xianliang, deputy director-general of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs, insisted in a press conference on May 8 that China  has "every right to drill for oil off Vietnam's...

Vietnam opposes illegal foreign activities in its waters

(BGF) - According to the Voice of Vietnam News (VOV), Vietnam government affirmed the China's drilling rig HD-981 is operating within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf and that "Any activity conducted by foreign countries in Vietnam’s waters...