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This picture taken from a Vietnam Coast Guard ship on May 14, 2014 shows a Vietnam Coast Guard ship (2nd R, dark blue) trying to make way amongst several China Coast Guard ships near to the site of a Chinese drilling oil rig (R, background) being installed at the disputed water in the South China Sea off Vietnam's central coast. Vietnam National Assembly's deputies gathered for their summer session are discussing the escalating tension with China over the South China Sea's contested water. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam

This picture taken from a Vietnam Coast Guard ship on May 14, 2014 shows a Vietnam Coast Guard ship (2nd R, dark blue) trying to make way amongst several China Coast Guard ships near to the site of a Chinese drilling oil rig (R, background) being installed at the disputed water in the South China Sea off Vietnam’s central coast. Vietnam National Assembly’s deputies gathered for their summer session are discussing the escalating tension with China over the South China Sea’s contested water. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam