Vietnam warns China against rig activity in disputed waters

[AbRaj]

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam warned China on Tuesday against drilling in disputed waters in the South China Sea, after Beijing steered an oil rig at the centre of a previous stand-off between the countries into a stretch where jurisdiction is unclear.

Vietnam closely tracks the movement of the oil rig which in mid-2014 caused the pair's worst diplomatic breakdown in decades when China parked it for 10 weeks in waters Vietnam considers its own.

The two communist neighbours share more than $60 billion in annual trade but anti-China sentiment is strong in Vietnam, where people remain embittered over what many see as a history of Chinese bullying and territorial infringements in the South China Sea.

Vietnam's Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said in a statement that the rig had moved on Saturday to a location where both countries' continental shelves overlap.

"Vietnam requests China does not conduct drilling actions and withdraw Hai Duong 981 from this area," Binh said, referring to the rig by the Vietnamese name.

"Vietnam reserves all legal rights and interests to this area, which are in accordance with international laws."

There was no immediate response to requests for comment from China, where the $1 billion deep water rig is known as Haiyang Shiyou 981.

Vietnam's concern over the rig follow its complaints, echoed also by the Philippines, over recent test flights by China on an artificial island in the disputed Spratly archipelago.

China considers most of the South China Sea to be under its jurisdiction but Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have competing claims. About $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes through the waters each year.

Separately on Tuesday, demonstrators held a rare anti-China protest in Hanoi to mark the 42nd anniversary of China taking full control of the disputed Paracel islands.



(Reporting by Mai Nguyen; Editing by Martin Petty)

Vietnam warns China against rig activity in disputed waters

 

[AbRaj]

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[Carlosa]

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The timing is surely not a coincidence at the same time as Vietnam is choosing the new leadership.
If this is their way to influence that process, they surely don't understand vietnamese people.

 

[AbRaj]

The timing is surely not a coincidence at the same time as Vietnam is choosing the new leadership.
If this is their way to influence that process, they surely don't understand vietnamese people.

Vietnam has every right to protect its sovereignty at all costs

 

[Carlosa]

Vietnam has every right to protect its sovereignty at all costs

Absolutely! And they will.

 

[Economic superpower]

Chinese coast guard will make sure every Chinese oil rig is protected while drilling in Chinese territorial waters.

If the Chinese coast guard needs back up, Chinese navy will be there in numbers!

 

[Viet]

It is a continuation of Chinese policy of intimidation. We will see if it will pay off for them.

 

[Carlosa]

Chinese coast guard will make sure every Chinese oil rig is protected while drilling in Chinese territorial waters.

If the Chinese coast guard needs back up, Chinese navy will be there in numbers!

"Chinese territorial waters"......

 

[Kyle Sun]

stay focus.
Do not.get disturbed by some annoying fly.

 

[dichoi]

China can't swallow our sea territory and Islands.

 

[Viet]

The timing is surely not a coincidence at the same time as Vietnam is choosing the new leadership.
If this is their way to influence that process, they surely don't understand vietnamese people.

Everyone can see it: this is an intentional provocation. No doubt. The good side of the story is, even the most pro China dreamers within VCP will wake up.

stay focus.
Do not.get disturbed by some annoying fly.

Don't make the mistake by assuming you are immortal. Should it come to bloodshed, it would not only be our blood that spills but yours.

As for fly, remember, our army annihilated the Mongols and Manchu when those barbaric folks conquered China, taking your women, enslaving men, killing half of your populace. And the unbalance of powers between these barbarians and us were greater than today between Vietnam and China. Before invasion of Vietnam, they issued the same threat to us like you do today.

We are immune against hooligans.

 

[Kyle Sun]

Everyone can see it: this is an intentional provocation. No doubt. The good side of the story is, even the most pro China dreamers within VCP will wake up.


Don't make the mistake by assuming you are immortal. Should it come to bloodshed, it would not only be our blood that spills but yours.

As for fly, remember, our army annihilated the Mongols and Manchu when those barbaric folks conquered China, taking your women, enslaving men, killing half of your populace. And the unbalance of powers between these barbarians and us were greater than today between Vietnam and China. Before invasion of Vietnam, they issued the same threat to us like you do today.

We are immune against hooligans.

believe me, we chinese have saw much more.blood,both our blood and our.enemy's,than you.viets.

And we have met many different kinds of enemy in our very very long history.

We rised and we fell ,but we han chinese are still.here. and we are.rising again.

Once we decide.to.do something,we.will not stop.before we success .

 

[Viet]

believe me, we chinese have saw much more.blood,both our blood and our.enemy's,than you.viets.

And we have met many different kinds of enemy in our very very long history.

We rised and we fell ,but we han chinese are still.here. and we are.rising again.

Once we decide.to.do something,we.will not stop.before we success .

I bet if you had success, we would end in gas chamber, right?

 

[Jlaw]

I bet if you had success, we would end in gas chamber, right?

If Chinese wanted to commit genocide to Vietnamese we had 1000 years to do so, why now?

Move along kid you're just talking stupid.

 

[Viet]

If Chinese wanted to commit genocide to Vietnamese we had 1000 years to do so, why now?

Move along kid you're just talking stupid.

we are still alive because we fought in many wars for our survival. you have a long history of supporting our enemies to commit genocide. also, you yourself have a long history to inflict terrible damages on our country and people. you have bloods in your hand.

move along boy, you know too little about your country China.