La posture plus ferme du Vietnam vis-à-vis de la Chine;
Après le block 136, le Vietnam donne le feu vert à une société indienne pour continuer l'exploration du Block 128, site contesté par la Chine!
De l'avis d'un cadre de la société, ce block a un intérêt plutôt stratégique qu' économique.,
C'est une manière d'impliquer l'Inde dans le contentieux face aux revendications chinoises dans cette mer!
Vietnam goes bold in the South China Sea The Asian Games of Thrones
Block 136-03 is not the only site where Vietnam is pushing China’s buttons. Reuters reports today that Hanoi has given an Indian company the go-ahead to proceed with oil exploration in block 128, another area of contention:Vietnam granted Indian oil firm ONGC Videsh a two-year extension to explore oil block 128 in a letter that arrived earlier this week, the state-run company’s managing director Narendra K. Verma told Reuters. […]
A senior official of ONGC Videsh … said interest in the block was strategic rather than commercial, given that oil development there was seen as high-risk with only moderate potential.
“Vietnam also wants us to be there because of China’s interventions in the South China Sea,” the official said.
Block 128
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