Oil Rig Deployment

• Vietnam Sends Envoy to China to Smooth Tensions

  Vietnam is sending a senior Communist party official to China this week to try to rebuild relations badly bit by Beijing's decision to deploy an oil rig in waters claimed by Hanoi in May.

• Vietnam Sends Envoy to China to Smooth Tensions

  Vietnam is sending a senior Communist party official to China this week to try to rebuild relations badly bit by Beijing's decision to deploy an oil rig in waters claimed by Hanoi in May.

• China a Serious Threat to Peace: Vietnam Prime Minister

  Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Wednesday that China's placing of an oil rig in contested South China Sea waters had "seriously threatened peace".

• More Than 3,000 Chinese Nationals Evacuated From Vietnam: State Media

  More than 3,000 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Vietnam as of Saturday afternoon, state media reported, after a wave of anti-China unrest following Beijing's deployment of an oil rig in contested waters.

• China Warns Against Vietnam Travel After Deadly Unrest

  China advised its nationals on Saturday against travelling to Vietnam after Beijing's deployment of an oil rig in contested South China Sea waters triggered the worst anti-China unrest in decades.

• China Blames Vietnam, Says Will Not Cede Inch of Disputed Territory

  A top Chinese general on Thursday defended the deployment of an oil rig that has inflamed tensions in the disputed South China Sea and triggered deadly protests in Vietnam, blaming Hanoi and saying China cannot afford to "lose an inch" of territory.

• Vietnam Shaken by Worst Anti-China Unrest in Decades

  Anti-China protesters have set more than a dozen factories on fire in Vietnam in the biggest eruption of rage against Beijing for decades over the deployment of an oil rig in contested waters.

• Anti-China Protesters Set Factories on Fire in Vietnam

  Anti-China protesters set more than a dozen factories on fire in Vietnam, state media said on Wednesday, in an escalating backlash against Beijing's deployment of an oil rig in contested waters.

• Large Protests in Vietnam Over China Oil Rig

  Protesters staged one of Vietnam's largest ever anti-China demonstrations on Sunday, decrying Beijing's deployment of a deep-water drilling rig in contested waters as territorial tensions soar.

• Looming Street Protests a Test for Vietnam

  Vietnamese anger toward China is running at its highest level in years after Beijing deployed an oil rig in disputed waters.

• Vietnam Says China Rammed its Ships as Tensions Surge in South China Sea

  Vietnam said on Wednesday a Chinese vessel intentionally rammed two of its ships in a part of the disputed South China Sea where Beijing has deployed a giant oil rig, sending tensions spiralling in the region.