Vietnam’s island reclamation activities in the South China Sea made headlines in 2024 with a record area of land created and several airstrips planned on the new islands.
Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative said that dredging and landfills had caused “irreparable damage” to the marine habitat.
China has reasserted claims to roughly 90 percent of the South China Sea as its exclusive economic zone. Vietnam has responded forcefully, initiating its own land-reclamation projects in the ...
despite their overlapping claims in the South China Sea and US attempts to court Vietnam.
The Philippine coast guard says Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine ...
Beijing has repeatedly asserted sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and accused rival claimant states, including the Philippines, Vietnam ... occupy and build a structure on one of ...