The Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department on July 13 reported that aChinese jet fighter made several circles above Vietnamese lawenforcement ships operating near drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 that isillegally standing in Vietnam’s waters.
In addition, China alsosent another aircraft to the rig site. The aircraft looped overVietnamese ships at an altitude of about 1,500m from 9:00 to 9:05 andthen got closer to the ships from 12:30 to 12:40 at the lowest height ofonly 500m before leaving.
At the same time, up to 115 Chinesevessels of all kinds, including five battleships, were also presentaround the rig which was illegally positioned in Vietnam’s exclusiveeconomic zone and continental shelf in early May, according to thedepartment.
The ships aggressively prevented Vietnamese vesselsfrom approaching the rig to perform communications work to demand Chinato immediately remove the rig out of Vietnam’s waters.
Facingaggressive harassment from Chinese side, Vietnam’s coast guard andfisheries surveillance ships persistently maintained their operationsabout 10 nautical miles from the rig.
Meanwhile,Vietnamese fishing boats still conducted normal activities about 42nautical miles from the rig despite the violent disturbance of a largefleet of Chinese large fishing vessels backed by two coast guard shipsand two logistics ones.
At the beginning of May 2014, Chinaillegally dispatched the rig as well as a large fleet of armed vessels,military ships and aircraft to Vietnam’s waters and positioned the rigat 15 degrees 29 minutes 58 seconds north latitude and 111 degrees 12minutes 06 seconds east longitude. The location is 80 miles deep intoVietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.
DespiteVietnam’s protest, China expanded its scale of operation and moved therig to 15 degrees 33 minutes 36 seconds north latitude and 111 degrees34 minutes 11 seconds east longitude, 60 nautical miles deep insideVietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.
China’sarmed vessels aggressively fired high-power water cannons at andintentionally rammed against Vietnamese public-service and civil ships,causing damage to many boats and injuring many people on board.
Chineseships have continuously encircled, constrained and driven awayVietnamese fishing boats and even injured Vietnamese fishermen,threatening their lives.
On May 26, Chinese ship11209 sank a Vietnamese fishing vessel while it was operating normallyin its traditional fishing ground near Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel)Archipelago.-VNA
In addition, China alsosent another aircraft to the rig site. The aircraft looped overVietnamese ships at an altitude of about 1,500m from 9:00 to 9:05 andthen got closer to the ships from 12:30 to 12:40 at the lowest height ofonly 500m before leaving.
At the same time, up to 115 Chinesevessels of all kinds, including five battleships, were also presentaround the rig which was illegally positioned in Vietnam’s exclusiveeconomic zone and continental shelf in early May, according to thedepartment.
The ships aggressively prevented Vietnamese vesselsfrom approaching the rig to perform communications work to demand Chinato immediately remove the rig out of Vietnam’s waters.
Facingaggressive harassment from Chinese side, Vietnam’s coast guard andfisheries surveillance ships persistently maintained their operationsabout 10 nautical miles from the rig.
Meanwhile,Vietnamese fishing boats still conducted normal activities about 42nautical miles from the rig despite the violent disturbance of a largefleet of Chinese large fishing vessels backed by two coast guard shipsand two logistics ones.
At the beginning of May 2014, Chinaillegally dispatched the rig as well as a large fleet of armed vessels,military ships and aircraft to Vietnam’s waters and positioned the rigat 15 degrees 29 minutes 58 seconds north latitude and 111 degrees 12minutes 06 seconds east longitude. The location is 80 miles deep intoVietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.
DespiteVietnam’s protest, China expanded its scale of operation and moved therig to 15 degrees 33 minutes 36 seconds north latitude and 111 degrees34 minutes 11 seconds east longitude, 60 nautical miles deep insideVietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.
China’sarmed vessels aggressively fired high-power water cannons at andintentionally rammed against Vietnamese public-service and civil ships,causing damage to many boats and injuring many people on board.
Chineseships have continuously encircled, constrained and driven awayVietnamese fishing boats and even injured Vietnamese fishermen,threatening their lives.
On May 26, Chinese ship11209 sank a Vietnamese fishing vessel while it was operating normallyin its traditional fishing ground near Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel)Archipelago.-VNA
