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Vietnam, Chinese Boats Clash Near Disputed South China Sea Isles

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Share on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on Google+E-mail Vietnamese fishing craft clashed with Chinese boats near the disputed Paracel Islands last week, underscoring simmering tensions between the two communist countries even as their leaders talk of improving relations. Chinese vessels damaged a Vietnamese fishing boat with water cannons on June 7 […]

Vietnam shrugs off China’s unilateral fishing ban in East Sea

Vietnam has protested and dismissed China’s annual ban on fishing ban in the East Sea, the Vietnamese name for the South China Sea, for the next two-and-a-half months. Le Hai Binh, spokesman for the Vietnamese foreign affairs ministry, said in a statement late Saturday that the ban violates Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, […]