By Trung Nguyen, Voice of America
After his boat allegedly was rammed and sunk by Chinese vessels, an unidentified Vietnamese fisherman receives medical treatment on Vietnam’s Ly Son island, May 29, 2014.
The captain of a Vietnamese fishing boat that sank Monday after allegedly being rammed by Chinese vessels vowed to resume fishing in the South China Sea.
Dang Van Nhan wants “to set examples for future generations” of fishermen, he told VOA’s Vietnamese Service shortly after being brought to shore.
The incident occurred near China’s controversial oil rig in disputed waters claimed by Hanoi and Beijing. Vietnamese and Chinese boats have repeatedly clashed since May 1, when China moved the oil rig to an area within what Hanoi considers its exclusive economic zone.
Nhan said two fishermen sustained light injuries in the attack, but they have recovered.
China’s state-run Xinhua news agency said the Vietnamese boat “capsized after harassing and colliding with a Chinese fishing boat.”
Nhan disagreed with that account.
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