1. China want to have evidence that Vietnam ships ramming their ships.
2. Vietnam ships much smaller than China ships.
3. A collision between much smaller ships vs much bigger ships cause much heavier damage to smaller ships.
4. 4 much bigger China ships vs 1 Vietnam ships, 2 alongside, 1 behind, 1 intercept, ...
it's easy to have the snapshot of "hitting".
But's it's hard to understand why lonely much smaller ship trying to hit a group of much bigger ships, for its own damage.
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Can you give us the video with related photos of minor damage of China big ships ?
Actually, I guess the Vietnam ship stopped to avoid the hard hit to the intercepting China ship. a video would be provided to prove this.
This is a coast guard ship of China. 46044
Hit or getting hit ?
Answer: damage after hit hard to Vietnam ship ( smaller ) from behind