Vietnam monitors Chinese vessel in disputed waters.
A Vietnamese ship monitored a Chinese Coast Guard vessel patrolling a Russian-operated gas field in Vietnam's South China Sea exclusive economic zone (EEZ), where Chinese coast guard ships have sailed directly into energy exploration blocks operated or owned by Russian firms in Vietnam's EEZ about 40 times since January 2022. Both Vietnam and Indonesia have asked China to avoid these areas in their EEZs, although the zones are not territorial waters and do not have sailing restrictions under international law.