BEIJING, June 10 (UPI) -- The Chinese government said it would set the record straight on disputes with Vietnam over an oil rig positioned in the South China Sea.
Wang Min, China's deputy envoy to the United Nations, sent a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Beijing's stance on a dispute simmering since early May, when state-run China National Offshore Oil Corp. started drilling operations near the Xisha Islands.