Vietnam/South China Sea: South China Sea Spat Deflects Attention From Vietnam’s Real Issues

Sep 18, 2014 | Joe Buckley, Asian Correspondent
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Ask anyone, anywhere in the world, what the most important Vietnam-related issue has been over the past few months, and I bet that lots of them will say the South China Sea dispute. In May, China put an oil rig in disputed waters. Vietnam didn’t like that, so it all kicked off. Things seem to have calmed down a bit now, although recent reports suggest that tensions may well flare up again.