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Vietnam allows anti-China protest over oil rig

By Chris Brummitt
Published May 11, 2014 6:25am ET
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Vietnam allows anti-China protest over oil rig
Vietnamese protesters stage a rally against Beijing's deployment of an oil rig in the contested waters of the South China Sea, outside the Chinese Embassy on Sunday, May 11, 2014 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The deployment of the rig has a triggered a tense standoff in the ocean and raised fears of confrontation between the neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Chris Brummitt) | Chris Brummitt

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam allowed several hundred demonstrators to stage a noisy rally outside the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi on Sunday against Beijing’s deployment of an oil rig in the contested South China Sea that has triggered a tense standoff and raised fears of confrontation.

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