Oil Rig
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Legal actions against China – a magic wand for Vietnam
Arbitration, ASEAN, China, Code of Conduct, Intentional Ramming, Oil Rig, Sinkings, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOS, VietnamDr Nguyen Toan Thang from the Hanoi Law University says Vietnam has the right to sue China for violating its sovereignty in the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. He says Vietnam has sufficient legal basis to assert that Haiyang Shiyou-981 has been placed deep inside its […]
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The Operation of the HYSY 981 Drilling Rig: Vietnam’s Provocation and China’s Position
On 2 May 2014, a Chinese company’s HYSY 981 drilling rig started its drilling operation inside the contiguous zone of China’s Xisha Islands (see Annex 1/5 for the locations of operation) for the purpose of oil and gas exploration. With the first phase of the operation completed, the second phase began on 27 May. The […]
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Vietnam Mulls Taking China to Maritime Arbitration Court – See more at: http://www.asiabriefing.com/news/2014/06/vietnam-mulls-taking-china-maritime-arbitration-court/#sthash.nHxPZvRs.dpuf
HANOI – Following in the footsteps of the Philippines, Vietnam is considering taking China to an international maritime court to resolve a simmering dispute over contested waters in the South China Sea (also known as the East Sea by Vietnam). Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has stated that Vietnam is contemplating a series of […]
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Signs of rule of law in Asia’s Wild West
Arbitration, China, Diaoyu, East China Sea, Japan, Oil Rig, Paracels, Senkaku, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea Dispute, UNCLOS, VietnamOne reason the world pays so much attention to a white-knuckle struggle over East Asia’s seas and islands is that the watery clashes resemble the bad old days of America’s Wild West. Brute force competes with the law. Crude power tries to trump principles applicable to all. A grand battle is underway to create a […]
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Chinese General: South China Sea Disputes May Turn China into ‘Qualified Enemy’ of US
China, Chuck Hagel, Foreign Relations, Intentional Rammings, Oil Rig, Philippines, Poaching, Qualified Enemy, Sinkings, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, USA, VietnamChinese Maj. Gen. Zhu Chenghu told The Wall Street Journal this week that he believes the United States is making “very, very important mistakes” with regard to territorial disputes in the South China Sea and that continuing the approach preferred by the Obama Administration will force China to become a “qualified enemy” of the U.S. Zhu […]
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Vietnam, others could haul China into world court: academic
HANOI — Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines could try going to an international court in a coordinated push against China, Trinh Hoa Binh of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences argued in a recent interview. Tensions between Vietnam and its huge neighbor to the north have run high since Beijing planted an oil rig in […]
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Vietnam accuses China of sinking fishing boat
China, Intentional Rammings, Oil Rig, Paracels, Sinkings, South China Sea Dispute, Vietnam, Water CannonHANOI, Vietnam (AP) Vietnam and China traded accusations Tuesday over who was the aggressor in a clash that led to the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat in the South China Sea, sharpening tensions already dangerously high after China moved an oil rig into the disputed waters. Hanoi accused a Chinese vessel of ramming the […]
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If China refuses to face Vietnam at international court, then what?
Since May 1, China has unilaterally deployed its HD-981 rig and many vessels, including military ships, in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf. This action violates Vietnam’s sovereign rights and its jurisdiction over the EEZ of 200 nautical miles and continental shelf. More dangerously, China escalated tensions when its ships, under the support […]
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China Flexes In South China Sea, Sinks Vietnamese Fishing Vessel
A Chinese ship rammed and sank a Vietnamese fishing boat off the coast of Vietnam on Sunday, according to Vietnam’s foreign ministry. Ten fishermen were on board, Vietnam News reported. They were rescued by nearby Vietnamese boats approximately 17 nautical miles from an oil rig owned by China near the Paracel Islands. Anti-China protests took place […]