Most coverage of the South China Sea territorial disputes has understandably centered on China’s assertiveness in pressing its territorial claim to the entire body of water. After all, using its ...

Vietnam is on a South China Sea island-building binge that will likely see it soon surpass the area China has reclaimed in the strategic and contested Spratly Islands, according to a new report from ...

Vietnam has been actively increasing its presence in the South China Sea by expanding land on several islands and reefs it controls in the Spratly Islands. This region, which is called the Nansha ...

BEIJING, Feb 19 (Reuters) - China opposes Vietnam's construction activities on a disputed islet in the South China Sea known as the Barque Canada Reef, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Occupied ...

WASHINGTON >> Vietnam has significantly expanded island-building work in areas it claims in the Spratly Islands chain of the disputed South China Sea and will match and likely surpass the scale of ...

If China lowers the threshold of what Vietnamese activities it deems acceptable, Vietnam will find it more difficult to maintain the balance between deferring and defying China. Recently, several ...