Vietnam’s exploration and production contracts : using energy interests to strengthen maritime claims

• Main Author: Pitlo III, Lucio Blanco.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95251; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8529
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Vietnam’s burgeoning energy industry is helping to bolster its claim to disputed parts of the South China Sea (SCS), by getting foreign companies involved in its offshore exploration and production (E&P). Will this approach invite possible reprisals by China or other claimant states?