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Vietnam urges restraint amid maritime tensions with China

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Vietnam urges restraint amid maritime tensions with ChinaVietnamese President and Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong has called for restraint in the disputed South China Sea amid a tense months-long standoff between Chinese and Vietnamese ships, state media reported on Tuesday. China claims almost all the energy-rich waters but neighbours Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims. Tension escalated when Beijing dispatched a research ship to conduct an energy survey in waters controlled by Vietnam in July.