China on June 24 sent 102 – 108 vessels, including six military ships, to protect its oil rig that is illegally stationed in Vietnam’s waters, continuing aggressive acts to harass Vietnamese ships.

 China violates the international law when moving its Haiyang-Shiyou 981 oil rig in Vietnam’s waters by using force and threats in using force.

VietNamNet would like to give our readers a panorama of the East Sea tensions in the last two months, since China began deploying its HD-981 oil rig in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, through the following video clip.

 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an international press conference in Hanoi on June 16 to clarify China’s wrongful, groundless allegations of the current situation in the East Sea made on June 13 and provided fresh developments.

 A Vietnam Fishing Surveillance Department ship was deliberately rammed and seriously damaged by two Chinese ships illegally operating in Vietnamese waters on June 23.

 China on June 22 mobilised up to 137 ships, including five military ships, to protect its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 that is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters, according to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.

 VietNamNet Bridge – China's act of locating its oil rig in waters near the Paracels is more than a dispute over sovereignty, it is also a dispute about the international law of the sea.

China on June 21 maintained 118 ships, including six military ships, to protect its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 that is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters, reported the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The "oil rig" crisis in the East Sea has had the world concerned by daily footage of clashes and confrontation between Chinese and Vietnamese vessels.

China's illegal placement of its oil rig in Vietnam's waters is raising world indignation. President Truong Tan Sang has quoted an ancient Vietnamese King's words as an indication that the nation will never ease up on the issue.

Chinese military aircraft on June 20 flew at a low altitude above Vietnamese law enforcement vessels operating near the place where China illegally places its drilling rig HD-981 inside Vietnam’s waters.

 East Sea tensions were hotly debated at a recent workshop in capital Vienna where scholars shed light on the current situation and suggested solutions to the territorial dispute.

International scholars say China’s placement of HD-981 in Vietnam’s territorial waters is a step towards legalising the nine-dash line ambition in the East Sea, but warn its land reclamation in the Spratly is a serious threat to regional security.

 Despite the Chinese aggression in the East Sea, Vietnamese fisheries surveillance and coast guard authorities on June 19 continued to relentlessly demand China remove its drilling rig out of Vietnam’s waters and respect international law.

 One June 18, three Chinese aircraft flew above the site where Chinese oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 is standing illegally in Vietnamese waters, the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Force reported.

 China’s oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981, illegally stationed in Vietnamese waters, was probably preparing to move to a new position on June 17 as it lowered its two cranes, according to Vietnam News Agency reporters at the site.

China’s Foreign Ministry recently held a press conference to slander Vietnam and justify its illegal actions in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

 Vietnam fisheries surveillance vessels June 15 continued activities to oppose China and request it to withdraw the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 from Vietnam’s waters.

 Vietnam continues opposing China’s illegal placement of its oil rig in the nation’s waters and calling on UNCLOS member states to do alike against Chinese unilateral acts escalating tensions in the East Sea.

What is happening in the East Sea is critically serious and Vietnam resolutely demands China to withdraw oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 and more than 100 ships from Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.