REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM PRO-TEMP LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
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A REBUTTAL TO CHINA’S POSITION PAPERON THE PRESENCE OF THE HYSY 981 DRILLING RIG IN VIETNAMESE WATERS Position of China CNOOC’s HYSY 981 drilling rig in Vietnamese waters
“On 2 May 2014, a Chinese company’s HYSY 981 drilling rig started its drilling operation” at a location in the South China Sea (aka Eastern Sea to the Vietnamese) with coordinates well within Vietnam’s continental shelf: 15o29 North and 110o12 East, corresponding to Lot 143 of Vietnam’s EEZ (exclusive economic zone). This location is only 119 nautical miles from Ly Son island off the coast of Vietnam near Da Nang.
