Vietnam Says China Still Ramming Boats, Airs Sinking Video
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Vietnam accused China of continuing to ram its boats in disputed waters of the South China Sea and aired video it said showed a Chinese vessel plowing into one of its fishing boats before it sank on May 26.
Chinese ships have damaged 24 Vietnamese boats since Vietnam vessels began challenging China’s installation of an oil rig in waters near the Paracel Islands on May 2, and 12 Vietnamese fisheries officers have been hurt, officials said. In one of the most recent incidents, a Vietnamese Coast Guard boat suffered four holes after being hit on June 1, Ngo Ngoc Thu, vice commander of Vietnam’s Coast Guard, said at a press conference yesterday in Hanoi.