BEIJING, June 17 (UPI) -- China and Vietnam will hold talks regarding the oil rig installed by China in the South China Sea, both countries announced Tuesday.
Senior Chinese official Yang Jiechi will meet Wednesday in Hanoi with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh to discuss the deep-sea oil rig. It has been the subject of low-level naval skirmishes between the two countries since it was erected in disputed territorial waters -- 120 miles off Vietnam's coast and near the Parcel Islands, which are claimed by both countries.