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Latest Paracel Islands News

Vietnam calls on China to free boat and 12 fishermen
Vietnam has asked China to release a fishing boat and 12 sailors detained about one week ago while fishing in waters around the Paracel archipelago. The boat was one of three Vietnamese fishing vessels captured last Sunday in the area, foreign ministry

Vietnam asks China to free boat, fishermen
HANOI (AFP) - - Vietnam has asked China to release a fishing boat and 12 sailors detained about one week ago while fishing in waters around the Paracel archipelago. The boat was one of three Vietnamese fishing vessels captured on June 21 in the area,

Vietnam asks China to return boat, free fishermen
hrs HANOI: Vietnam has asked China to release a fishing boat and 12 sailors detained about one week ago while fishing in waters around the Paracel archipelago. The boat was one of three Vietnamese fishing vessels captured on June 21 in the area, foreign

Vietnam asks China to free boat, fishermen (AFP)

AFP - Vietnam has asked China to release a fishing boat and 12 sailors detained about one week ago while fishing in waters around the Paracel archipelago.

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This archipelago is surrounded by productive fishing grounds and potentially large oil reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Prattle Island; maintenance was continued by its successor Vietnam. China has occupied the Paracel Islands since 1974, when its troops captured a South Vietnamese garrison occupying the western islands. However, the islands are still claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.

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