HANOI, April 14 — A Chinese survey ship that was embroiled in a standoff with Vietnamese vessels last year in the disputed South China Sea has returned to waters within Vietnam's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), ship tracking data showed today. Beginning last July, Vietnamese vessels spent months...
A Chinese maritime policeman uses flags to signal to Vietnamese ship KN-762 , which according to Chinese authorities collided with Chinese coast guard ship 46001 in South China Sea, in this handout dated May 2, 2014. — Reuters pic
On Tuesday, the ship, which is used to conduct offshore seismic surveys, could again be seen 158 km off Vietnam's coast flanked by at least one China Coast Guard vessel, according to data from Marine Traffic, a website that tracks shipping. The presence of the Haiyang Dizhi 8 in Vietnam's EEZ comes towards the scheduled end of a 15-day nationwide lockdown in Vietnam designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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