The Paracel Islands lie about 400 kilometers (250 miles) off Vietnam’s eastern coast and about the same distance from China’s southernmost province of Hainan.

Nguyen Thanh Bien, captain of a Vietnamese fishing vessel, remembered vividly the harrowing attack by Chinese forces near the Paracel Islands on Sept. 29, which left one of his crewmembers with broken ...

Vietnam's state media say a Vietnamese fishing boat was attacked in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands, which are claimed by both China and Vietnam, and 10 crew members sustained injuries ...

The country condemned China, saying Chinese law enforcement personnel assaulted 10 Viet­namese fishermen, damaged their fishing gear and seized about 4 tonnes of fish catch near the disputed ...

Vietnam on Wednesday protested to China over what it said was an attack on a Vietnamese fishing boat three days ago in contested South China Sea waters that injured several fishermen.

The Paracel Islands have been illegally occupied by China since 1974. A satellite image of Triton Island, Sept. 16, 2024. Photo courtesy of Maxar ...

HANOI — At least 10 Vietnamese fishermen have been injured after their boat was attacked by a foreign vessel while fishing near Paracel Islands claimed by both China and Vietnam, state media ...

Bien, along with nine others, had set out from Sa Ky Port in central Quang Ngai Province on Sept. 13 to fish near the Paracel Islands (Hoang Sa). After two weeks, they had captured four tons of fish.

Vietnam on Wednesday protested to China over what it said was an attack on a Vietnamese fishing boat three days ago in contested South China Sea waters that injured several fishermen.