RIYADH: Oil prices rose on Tuesday on expectations of potential economic stimulus by China, healthy demand in the rest of Asia and a drop in US crude stockpiles. Brent crude futures rose 66 cents, or 0.78 percent, to $84.84 a barrel at 11.50 a.m. Saudi time, while US West Texas Intermediate futures gained 69 cents, or 0.87 percent, to $80.43 a barrel. Data from China showed
HANOI A Vietnamese ship monitored a Chinese Coast Guard vessel on Saturday in a Russian-operated gas field in Vietnam s South China Sea exclusive economic zone (EEZ), data show the latest Chinese patrol in a pattern stretching more than a year.