April 8, 2016

"Vietnam Thursday urged China to move an oil rig in the South China Sea and give up plans to drill in disputed waters off China's Xisha Islands, a day after the pro-US Vietnamese prime minister stepped down.

But observers said they believe that in spite of Hanoi's tougher stance on the South China Sea issue, the bilateral ties might improve.

'Vietnam resolutely demands that China cancel its plan to drill and immediately remove the rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 out of this area,' Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh said Thursday, Reuters reported."

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