Chinese fishing boats chased out from Thai Binh sea area

Authorities in the northern province of Thai Binh have driven out two Chinese fishing boats which were found to have illegally-entered Vietnamese waters.

Authorities in the northern province of Thai Binh have driven out two Chinese fishing boats which were found to have illegally-entered Vietnamese waters.

Two Chinese fishing boats were found to have illegally-entered Vietnamese waters in Thai Binh Province on December 21.

Border officers in Thai Binh Province on December 21 reported that they found the Chinese boats operating 15 nautical miles northeast from Ba Lat Estuary.

"The boats are about 40 metres long and 10 metres wide with blue and white colours," the border officers said. "We used loudspeakers to ask them to leave our waters."

Dozens of foreign fishing boats have been detected by local fishermen entering Vietnamese waters and then chased out by authorities in Thai Binh this year.