Vietnam continues to expand and develop its outposts in the Spratly Islands at a rapid pace after a “record year of island building in 2024,” a U.S. think tank said last week. In a briefing published ...

THE PENTAGON – The U.S. went on the offensive against China’s island reclamation operations this week as the guided missile destroyer DDG 82 USS Lassen passed within 12 nm of Subi and Mischief reefs ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -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 ...

THITU ISLAND, South China Sea — Life is simple here, the residents of this tropical island like to say, except for one constant nuisance: China. From dawn to dusk, Chinese coast guard ships sail ...

The Philippines has released images of damage its vessels sustained during collisions with China Coast Guard ships on Monday in contested parts of the South China Sea. Each side blames the other for ...

(CNN) — 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 ...