Chinese ship conducts survey off Vietnam but Hanoi’s state media stays silent

Chinese ship conducts survey off Vietnam but Hanoi’s state media stays silent

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. A Chinese survey ship has been repeatedly circling within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea since mid-June, raising concerns of a potential maritime standoff. The vessel, named Bei Dao 996, was first tracked by SeaLight, which uses commercially available technology to monitor and expose so-called “gray zone” activities — meanin…