HANOI, May 8 (Reuters) - Vietnam protested on Friday against
what it calls China's unilateral fishing ban in the disputed
South China Sea from May 1 to Aug. 16, weeks after it said
Vietnamese boat had been rammed by a Chinese maritime
surveillance vessel.
Vietnam and China have for years been embroiled in a dispute
over the potentially energy-rich stretch of water, called the
East Sea by Vietnam.
"Vietnam demands that China not further complicate the
situation in the South China Sea," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
Le Thi Thu Hang said in a statement.