Chinese ships on June 12
continued to encircle and cut off Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance vessels and
then retreat in order to photograph and film misleading footage aimed to make
it look like they were being rammed by Vietnamese ships.
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China continues using tricks to slander Vietnam
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According to the Vietnam
Fisheries Resources Surveillance Department, throughout the day, China
maintained the presence of a large number of coast guard vessels, cargo ships,
tugboats and warships around the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981, which is illegally
stationed in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.
About 35 fishing ships from
China, backed by its coast guard vessels, kept interrupting and driving away
Vietnamese fishing boats which were operating normally in Vietnam ’s
traditional fishing grounds about 40 nautical miles from the rig.
Meanwhile, forming circles
about 7 – 8 and 9 – 11 nautical miles from the rig, China’s coast guard and
cargo ships gathered together and aggressively prevented Vietnamese ships from
approaching.
Despite China ’s aggressive
acts, with water cannons and ramming always threatened, Vietnam’s Fisheries
Surveillance and fishing ships persistently stayed at the area to continue
their duties and normal activities.
At the beginning of May,
China illegally dispatched the rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 as well as a large fleet
of armed vessels, military ships and aircraft to Vietnam’s waters and
positioned it at 15 degrees 29 minutes 58 seconds north latitude and 111
degrees 12 minutes 06 seconds east longitude, 80 miles deep inside Vietnam’s
continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.
On May 26, Chinese ships
sank a fishing boat belonging to Da Nang fishermen operating in the traditional
fishing grounds near Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago.
On June 1, Chinese ships
seriously damaged ship 2016 of the Vietnam Coast Guard, causing holes on its
side.
On June 7, Chinese ships
deliberately rammed into Vietnam ’s fisheries surveillance ship KN-635, causing
more damage.
Source: VNA
