Vietnam requests China probe incidents involving sabotage of fishing boats

A representative from the Consular Department of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested that China investigate recent incidents in which several Chinese ships chased and damaged two Vietnamese fishing boats in Vietnam’s waters.

Bui Van Phai, of central Quang Ngai Province's Ly Son District, is seen on his fishing boat
that was seriously damaged by shots fired from a Chinese boat in waters off
Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in March 2013