Conflict risk in South China Sea could hurt global trade - Vietnam PM


  • World
  • Thursday, 22 May 2014

MANILA (Reuters) - Territorial tensions in the South China Sea endangers global trade and puts at risk recovery from a global financial crisis, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on Thursday.

Vietnam is currently embroiled in a maritime border dispute with China, after Beijing deployed an oil rig at the Paracel islands, an area which Hanoi said is within its 200-nautical mile economic zone.

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