Vietnamese Fishermen Call for Action Against China

Vietnamese Fishermen Call for Action Against China
A Chinese coast guard ship (L) being blocked by three Vietnamese coast guard vessels near China's oil drilling rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea on May 15, 2014. Hoang Dinh/ Nam/AFP/Getty Images
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HANOI—A Vietnamese fishermen’s group has called on the government to take stronger measures for the removal of a Chinese oil survey vessel that Vietnam accuses of violating its sovereignty in the South China Sea.

Vietnamese and Chinese ships have been in a weeks-old standoff near an offshore oil block, the latest confrontation in waters that are a potential global flashpoint as the United States challenges China’s sweeping maritime claims.