The Vietnamese Coast Guard warned and chased away at least 130 Chinese fishing boats that were found illegally fishing in Vietnamese waters off the central coast on January 29.
The naval unit based in Da Nang confirmed the news last Friday, adding that the fishing boats had been organized in groups.
Coast Guard vessels first apprehended 100 boats just 45 nautical miles off Thua Thien Hue.
Four days later they found the other 30 deep in Vietnamese waters off Da Nang and Thua Thien Hue.
None of the fishermen were arrested or fined as is the practice around the world, but warned and escorted out of territorial waters.
Dinh Tien Dung, head of the Da Nang unit, explained that only boats caught twice are seized.
Last December, a week before the New Year, the Coast Guard had chased off at least 36 Chinese vessels illegally fishing 35 nautical miles from Da Nang.
Earlier last year China seized 17 Vietnamese fishing boats and arrested 210 fishermen for straying into its waters before later releasing all the men and 13 boats.
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