Chinese fishing boat sank Vietnamese fishing boat

Chinese fishing boat No. 11209 sank Vietnamese fishing boat DNA 90152 in the South Southwest of the Haiyang 981 drilling rig.

VTV news just reported that at 4 p.m. on May 26, Chinese fishing boat No. 11209 sank Vietnamese fishing boat DNA 90152 in the South-Southwest of the Haiyang 981 drilling rig, 17 nautical miles away.

10 fishermen on board ship DNa 90152 were safely rescued by Vietnamese fishing boats.

At the time of the incident, there were 40 Chinese fishing boats brazenly surrounding a group of Vietnamese fishermen.

Meanwhile, on the afternoon of May 26, speaking to VOV.VN, a representative of the Fisheries Surveillance Department said the situation in the area where China illegally placed the Haiyang 981 drilling rig in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone remains very tense.

Deputy Director of the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department, Mr. Ha Le, said that Chinese Coast Guard ships, tugboats, and transport ships are still organized in groups of 8 to 10, approaching Vietnamese ships to surround, ram, and spray water. These impacts of Chinese ships show no signs of decreasing when Vietnamese ships are 5 to 6 nautical miles away from the rig.

The fisheries surveillance force also detected Chinese fast-attack missile boats and missile-carrying military ships operating 15-30 nautical miles from the rig.

According to Mr. Ha Le, according to observations, China may be moving the drilling rig to the North./.

According to VOV