Photo: Phuoc TrungBorder guards in the central province of Quang Tri said they turned away a Chinese fishing boat that was caught in Vietnamese waters on Monday. One and a half hour later, a boat carrying a team of officers approached the Chinese boat codenamed 13177. According to the local border guard, there has been recently an increase of Chinese boats fishing illegally in Vietnamese waters, especially around the seafood-rich Con Co Island. Vietnamese border guard officers check the Chinese boat with five crew members that illegally fished near Con Co Island in Quang Tri Province on July 11, 2016. The officers checked the boat and informed the captain and five other crew members on the Chinese vessel that they had violated Vietnamese territorial waters.

Source: Thanhnien News July 12, 2016 04:18 UTC