this could play into the HK protests issue. Philippines is ready to fight China in the South China Sea if USA will help. Vietnamese leadership in Hanoi is in a pickle bc they have taken way too much cash from Beijing to join the fight, yet their people are livid about what China is doing in the Spratlys and Paracels.

Time for regime change in both Beijing and Hanoi… this could be part of how it gets done.

Vietnamese Fishermen Call for Action Against China

BY REUTERS

July 30, 2019 Updated: July 30, 2019

HANOI—A Vietnamese fishermen’s group has called on the government to take stronger measures for the removal of a Chinese oil survey vessel that Vietnam accuses of violating its sovereignty in the South China Sea.

Vietnamese and Chinese ships have been in a weeks-old standoff near an offshore oil block, the latest confrontation in waters that are a potential global flashpoint as the United States challenges China’s sweeping maritime claims.

sauce: https://www.theepochtimes.com/vietnamese-fishermen-call-for-action-against-china_3022445.html