Dear brothers and sisters,

I have just received the following package of information from the Vietnam Embassy in Washington DC.  The package includes:

1. A PPT file containing photos showing Chinese vessel attacking Vietnamese patrol vessel. Please click the photo below to view PPT.

2. Fact sheet No. 2 on China’s latest illegal activities in Vietnam’s EEZ.

3. Briefing by Deputy Commander/Chief of Staff of Viet Nam Police Ngo Ngoc Thu at the Press Briefing by Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

4. Briefing by Vice-Chair of Viet Nam National Boundary Commmission Tran Duy Hai.

Please help dispatch the information. Thank you very much.

Hoành

CSIS: Ernest Bower (@BowerCSIS) and Gregory Poling (@GregPoling)
May 7, 2014

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