Vietnam Names China in Protesting “Brutal” Attack on Fishing Crew

Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Phạm Thu Hằng speaking at the regular press briefing in Hanoi on October 2, 2024. Image via the Vietnam News Agency

Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry blamed Chinese law enforcement for a violent attack on a Vietnamese fishing crew in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday.

Ten fishers were reportedly beaten with metal bars, and about $20,000 worth of equipment and fish were taken in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, claimed by both China and Vietnam.

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