https://www.scmp.com/rss/502066/feed Ha Hoang Hop is a visiting senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Vietnam and China are embroiled in their worst stand-off in the South China Sea since a 2014 clash in the waters off the Paracel Islands. Beijing in July dispatched a survey ship, the Haiyang Dizhi 8, to look for oil and gas off Vanguard Bank in waters claimed by both countries. The area is close to oil and gas block 06-01, where a Russia-Vietnam joint venture is drilling. The Haiyang Dizhi 8 arrived with coastguard vessels and a maritime militia, prompting Vietnam to step up its presence to try... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3025882/can-beijing-and-hanoi-overcome-their-latest-south-china-sea?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3025882/can-beijing-and-hanoi-overcome-their-latest-south-china-sea?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Sep 2019 01:00:16 +0000