The ship Qiong Yangpu coded 13056 carrying three Chinese sailors and 100,000 litres of oil without clear origin illegally entered the territory of Vietnamese island Bach Long Vi on March 31. It was spotted and seized by Hai Phong coast guards 12 nautical miles to the north-west of Vietnam’s Bach Long Vi island. The captain of the vessel admitted that the oil was meant for sale to other Chinese boats which are illegally fishing in Vietnam’s waters. Coastguards on April 1 handed over the Chinese vessel and its crewmembers to the Hai Phong drug-crime prevention department for further investigation./.
