China and the US Court Vietnam (Cal Wong, The Diplomat)

After Vietnam’s initial outrage at the Chinese deployment of the Haiyang Shiyou 981 (HYSY 981) oil rig near the Paracel Islands within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in 2014, the country has largely taken a back seat in the various protests against China. In doing so, it now appears Vietnam stands to benefit from the competing interests of the superpowers vying for control of the South China Sea

http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/china-and-the-us-court-vietnam/