Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Drills for Oil in South China Sea

Jul 5, 2017 | Bill Hayton, BBC
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Vietnam has begun drilling for oil in an area of the resource-rich South China Sea also claimed by China. An oil industry consultant told the BBC that a drilling ship on contract to international firm Talisman-Vietnam was working off Vietnam's south-east coast. This appears to be why a senior Chinese general cut short an official visit to Vietnam last month.