Á Châu Ngày Nay (13/5/2018)

Hanoi ordered Repsol to leave the area and Block 136-03 after Beijing said it would attack Vietnam military bases in Spratly Islands if drilling continued.

Hanoi ordered Repsol to leave the area and Block 136-03 after Beijing said it would attack Vietnam military bases in Spratly Islands if drilling continued. Source: Getty Images

A Spanish energy company has stopped all ongoing work on a planned offshore natural gas project in waters disputed between Vietnam and China in the South China Sea after a request to do so by Vietnamese state oil firm PetroVietnam.



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