Vietnam, China make no progress in oil rig talks

A top Chinese diplomat and Vietnamese officials made no progress in talks Wednesday about an increasingly bitter confrontation over a giant oil rig China deployed in the disputed South China Sea, AP cited officials as saying.
State Councilor Yang Jiechi was the most senior Chinese diplomat to visit Vietnam since China placed the rig off the Vietnamese coast last month. Both countries have accused the other of violating territorial rights and instigating clashes between ships around the rig.
A Vietnamese official familiar with the talks said that no progress was made during the discussion between Yang and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh.