Barque Canada Reef, a Vietnamese South China Sea outpost, on August 1. Image courtesy of Vantor_CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, 2025. HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam has revved up 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 ...

The amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge entered South Korea’s Asan Bay for the first time in more than a decade Thursday, making a port call in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul. The arrival of the U.S.

Dec. 11 (UPI) --Vietnam has quietly accelerated land reclamation at South Reef, a once-remote coral feature in the contested Spratly Islands, signaling a new strategic turn as pressure from China ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam has revved up its land reclamation efforts in the South China Sea this year, beginning construction on eight previously untouched features in the Spratly Islands.