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Vietnam

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Editorial asserts that China's deployment of oil rig for first time into area of South China Sea claimed by Vietnam has dangerously increased tensions there; recommends that Vietnam bring case against China to international arbitration tribunal in The Hague; adds that summit meeting of Southeast Asian nations in Myanmar provides good opportunity for Vietnam and its neighbors to formulate unified response to China's aggression.|

Fire forces evacuations near San Diego. Also on the Minute, the response to anti-China riots in Vietnam and the 9/11 Museum’s ceremonial opening.|

Thousands of workers rampage through an industrial area in southern Vietnam following protest against China's stationing of an oil rig in disputed waters off country's coast; territorial dispute has unleashed some of the worst civil unrest in recent years and has prompted what appears to be a news media blackout by the government.|

There are parallels between the war in Vietnam and the conflict now in Iraq and Syria that haven’t been fully explored.|

Chinese accounted for roughly a million foreign visitors to Vietnam in the first half of 2014; arrivals from the Chinese mainland fell about 30 percent in June following anti-Chinese riots over oil rig in South China Sea.|

Scores of Chinese laborers are brutally attacked by Vietnamese mob as violence in southern Vietnam spreads to Ha Tinh Province over territorial dispute in the South China Sea.|

State-owned Chinese energy company announces that giant oil rig deployed in disputed waters off coast of Vietnam has completed its exploration work and will be moved.|

Editorial expresses concern over China's increasingly aggressive actions in territorial dispute in South China Sea; points to presence of Chinese oil rig in waters claimed by Vietnam and China's efforts to assert dominance in area by creating artificial islands; says real problem is not question of sovereignty, but China's belief that its expanding military and economic power entitle it to greater sway in dispute.|

A list of resources about Vietnam as selected by researchers and editors of The New York Times.|

A list of resources about Vietnam as selected by researchers and editors of The New York Times.|

Chinese government, one day after tough talks between Vietnam and China that made no progress over Chinese oil rig in South China Sea, says it is sending second rig to waters close to Vietnam; move is signal China will press ahead to secure what it sees as its rights in commercially and strategically vital waterway.|

China inflames tensions with Vietnam by moving its first deepwater drilling rig to position about 17 miles off an island claimed by both countries in South China Sea; move signals that China is more willing to act first and invite diplomacy later in dealing with territorial claims.|

Thirty-year natural gas deal between China and Russia shows that it is going to great lengths to satisfy its growing hunger for energy, even as China is locked in tense standoff with Vietnam over oil rig drilling in contested South China Sea; both developments demonstrate China's expansive approach to energy, a political and economic strategy with significant implications for rest of the world.|

China inflames tensions with Vietnam by moving its first deepwater drilling rig to position about 17 miles off an island claimed by both countries in South China Sea; move signals that China is more willing to act first and invite diplomacy later in dealing with territorial claims.|

Memories of a short but ferocious conflict between Vietnam and China in 1979 permeate current sour relations between the two Communist countries now at odds over contested waters in the South China Sea; memories are strong not only because of horrendous death toll but also because the Chinese pummeled towns and villages as they withdrew, destroying even schools and hospitals.|

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