Vietnam protests China’s illegal operation of drilling rig in Vietnamese waters

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement objecting to China’s illegal operation of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s waters in the East Sea, and the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has demanded that the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) move the rig out of the Southeast Asian country’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

The HD 981 drilling rig of the China National Offshore Oil 

Corporation (CNOOC)