Vietnam Protests to China Over South China Sea Boat Sinking

Vietnam Protests to China Over South China Sea Boat Sinking
A China Coast Guard ship (L) blocks the way of a Vietnam Coast Guard ship near to the site of a Chinese drilling oil rig (R, background) being installed in the disputed waters in the South China Sea off Vietnam's central coast on May 14, 2014. Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images
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HANOI—Vietnam has lodged an official protest with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat which was being chased by a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam said late on March 21.

Vietnam and China have for years long been embroiled in a dispute over the potentially energy-rich stretch of waters, called the East Sea by Vietnam.