Chinese ship coded 11209 sank a Vietnamese fishing boat with 10 members on board in Vietnamese waters on May 26.
Boat DNa 90152 from the central city of Da Nang during its regularoperation in its traditional fishing ground was deliberately encircledby 40 fishing vessels of China before it was attacked by the Chineseship 11209.
The incident occurred at 4 pm at a site17 nautical miles from where China’s Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig isillegally standing.
The location is the traditionalfishing ground of Vietnamese fishermen in Vietnam’s exclusiveeconomic zone and continental shelf.
All 10 fishermen were then rescued by other ships of Vietnam.
This is not the first time Vietnamese fishing boats have been attacked by Chinese ships.
On May 16, boat QNg 90205-TS’s regular operation in the traditionalfishing ground in Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago was disrupted byChinese ship coded 306. Vietnamese fishermen were then beaten by crewmembers of the Chinese ship while their properties including satellitepositioning and communications equipment were taken away.
After being assailed, the boat, captained by Nguyen Van Quang fromBinh Son district, central Quang Ngai province, managed to escapeand then get medical assistance from Vietnam ’s coast guard vessels.
Quang said the attack cost him about 500 million VND (23,500 USD).
On May 7, fishing boat QNg 96416-TS, captained and owned by Nguyen VanLoc from An Vinh commune, Ly Son district, Quang Ngai province, waschased and rammed by a Chinese ship in the Hoang Sa area, suffering fromdamage to its sides and cabin.
Since the beginningof May, China illegally dispatched the rig, as well as a large fleetof armed vessels, military ships and aircraft, to Vietnamese waters andpositioned the rig at a location 80 miles deep inside Vietnam ’scontinental shelf and exclusive economic zone prescribed by the 1982United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982).
Chinese ships have repeatedly rammed and fired water cannons intoVietnamese coast guard and fisheries surveillance ships which arecarrying out their law enforcement missions in the country’s waters,leaving many Vietnamese ships damaged and officers injured.-VNA
Boat DNa 90152 from the central city of Da Nang during its regularoperation in its traditional fishing ground was deliberately encircledby 40 fishing vessels of China before it was attacked by the Chineseship 11209.
The incident occurred at 4 pm at a site17 nautical miles from where China’s Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig isillegally standing.
The location is the traditionalfishing ground of Vietnamese fishermen in Vietnam’s exclusiveeconomic zone and continental shelf.
All 10 fishermen were then rescued by other ships of Vietnam.
This is not the first time Vietnamese fishing boats have been attacked by Chinese ships.
On May 16, boat QNg 90205-TS’s regular operation in the traditionalfishing ground in Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago was disrupted byChinese ship coded 306. Vietnamese fishermen were then beaten by crewmembers of the Chinese ship while their properties including satellitepositioning and communications equipment were taken away.
After being assailed, the boat, captained by Nguyen Van Quang fromBinh Son district, central Quang Ngai province, managed to escapeand then get medical assistance from Vietnam ’s coast guard vessels.
Quang said the attack cost him about 500 million VND (23,500 USD).
On May 7, fishing boat QNg 96416-TS, captained and owned by Nguyen VanLoc from An Vinh commune, Ly Son district, Quang Ngai province, waschased and rammed by a Chinese ship in the Hoang Sa area, suffering fromdamage to its sides and cabin.
Since the beginningof May, China illegally dispatched the rig, as well as a large fleetof armed vessels, military ships and aircraft, to Vietnamese waters andpositioned the rig at a location 80 miles deep inside Vietnam ’scontinental shelf and exclusive economic zone prescribed by the 1982United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982).
Chinese ships have repeatedly rammed and fired water cannons intoVietnamese coast guard and fisheries surveillance ships which arecarrying out their law enforcement missions in the country’s waters,leaving many Vietnamese ships damaged and officers injured.-VNA
