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| Vietnam and China clashed over the disputed South China Sea border . |
Chinese ship rammed and sank the Vietnamese fish near the site of a controversial oil drilling in the South China Sea , said Vietnamese officials .
According to the Vietnamese coast guard , fishing boats surrounded by 40 Chinese ships before being attacked . About 10 fishermen on board had been rescued .
There has been no official statement from China related to this incident .
Relation between Vietnam and China in increasingly tense disputes over the South China Sea .
Previously China has moved the oil drilling Haiyang Shiyou 981 into the sea which is also claimed by Hanoi , which is near the Paracel Islands .
Vietnam has protested over the action .
A number of incidents involving ships in the waters of the two countries dispute also occurred several times .
The latest incident happened on Tuesday ( 27 / 05 ) is only 17 nautical miles from the location of drilling , reports said Vietnam .
China's refusal to move the oil drilling trigger the anti - Chinese protests Click in Vietnam early in May , which killed at least two people and some factory burned .
Vietnam legislators are preparing to sue China in the international court over Chinese oil drilling and other attacks against Vietnamese boats , according to local media . BBC
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