Chinese ships are more aggressive, directly ramming Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance ships.

This afternoon (June 7), in Hanoi, a representative of the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that despite Vietnam's efforts and goodwill, China continues to have aggressive and arrogant actions, causing extremely serious incidents and escalating tensions in the East Sea.

According to a representative of the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department, at 2:00 p.m. today (June 7), Chinese tugboat numbered 281 directly rammed the left side of Vietnam's Fisheries Surveillance ship KN-635. However, thanks to their alertness and perseverance, Vietnam's Fisheries Surveillance forces were able to control the situation and continue to stabilize operations and recover from the incident.

Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance ship was rammed by a Chinese ship. Source: Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department

In addition, in the area of ​​the Haiyang Shiyou 981 drilling rig, Chinese ships including coast guard ships, patrol ships, tugboats, and transport ships have organized into groups to more aggressively and aggressively block and repel Fisheries Surveillance ships while they are approaching the drilling rig to carry out their duties.

On the other hand, Chinese ship groups are ready to ram, sound their horns, and spray water cannons at Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance ships to prevent access to the Haiyang Shiyou-981 drilling rig.

Providing information about the situation at the scene, a representative of the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department said that about 40-45 Chinese fishing boats, supported by 4 coast guard ships, had obstructed and pushed Vietnamese fishing boats while they were operating in traditional fishing grounds under Vietnam's sovereignty. However, with the support of functional forces, Vietnamese fishing boats still ensured safety during their fishing activities.

According to observations by the Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance force, China still maintains 4 military ships in the drilling rig area; including 2 minesweepers in the South, 19-21 nautical miles from the drilling rig, and 2 missile frigates in the East-Southeast, 20-25 nautical miles from the drilling rig.

The number of Chinese ships maintained a force of about 120 ships during the day, including: 37-40 coast guard ships, about 30 transport ships and tugboats, 40-45 fishing boats and 4 military ships.

In addition, Vietnamese law enforcement forces discovered a Y-8 aircraft conducting multiple reconnaissance flights in the drilling rig area at an altitude of about 250-300m.

Faced with that situation, the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance force said that Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance ships continued to persistently hold out to organize high-intensity propaganda activities to protest and demand that China withdraw the Haiyang Shiyou-981 drilling rig from Vietnam's waters within a range of about 9-10 nautical miles from the rig.

The Department also said that during the operation, although Chinese coast guard and fishing vessels had taken reckless and dangerous actions against Vietnamese fishing vessels, Vietnamese fishing vessels continued to stick to fishing grounds about 35-40 nautical miles from the Haiyang Shiyou-981 rig to catch seafood, while organizing protests against the arbitrary actions of Chinese fishing vessels and coast guard vessels and against China's illegal placement of the rig in the area in order to reclaim the traditional fishing grounds of our fishermen.

According to Vietnam+