There are nine countries bordering East Sea: Vietnam, China, Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and a part of Taiwan. East Sea also contains biological resources, mineral resources, tourism, and this is also the area under more pressure of protecting the marine ecological environment.
East Sea is one of the largest of five oil and gas basin in the world. According to the US Department of Energy, oil reserves proven in the East Sea is 07 billion barrels with a capacity to produce 2.5 million barrels per day. With this volume, exploiting production could reach 18.5 million tonnes per year to maintain in 15-20 years. East Sea also contains large amount of freezing gas resources. This amount of resources on par with the world’s oil reserves and is being considered as an alternative energy source of oil and gas in the future. Since May 1, 2014, China has blatantly taken deep water drilling rig with more than 80 armed vessels, military ships and aircraft escorted into Vietnam's waters and put down this rig in position 80 nm in depth on the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone of Vietnam under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982. Escort ships to protect China's oil rig shot rampant cock intensity knocked sharply and crashed straight into the public service ships, civilian ships of Vietnam, many boats damaged and several injured.
This is the first time China blatantly put on lower rig located in deep locations in the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone of a country in ASEAN, is an extremely serious violation of the sovereignty, sovereign rights jurisdiction of Vietnam; violation of international law is the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982 and is also particularly serious violations Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), which China is a signatory part.
Up to May 20, 2014, Vietnam and China have had 20 phone conversation about the incident, Vietnam frankly required China withdraw rigs and ships escorted out of competition position. However, China not only does not meet the legitimate demands of Vietnam, but also slanders, blames Vietnam and continues to use power, increasing the threatened action, infringement of increasingly dangerous and serious. Finally, on May 20, 2014, Vietnam must send a report on the East Sea to the UN. The international communities were so concerned and condemn serious abuses of China.