The contested South China Sea boasts rich oil and gas reserves and could play a key role in a conflict over Taiwan.

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 ...

An aerial view of Southwest Cay, also known as Pugad Island, controlled by Vietnam and part of the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vietnam has significantly ...

A Rand Corporation report suggests the US and China can stabilize their rivalry over Taiwan and the South China Sea, avoiding ...

Philippine forces trained last week to defend Balabac, a strategic island in Palawan that is set to host a new military base ...

Map of where the Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands are located in the South China Sea.Business Insider Tensions continue in the South China Sea, most recently between China and the Philippines.

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 ...

China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea has steadily increased, resulting in heightened tensions with Southeast Asian claimant states, particularly the Philippines, at the Second Thomas Shoal in ...

Collisions, a blockade and mistrust have in recent weeks deepened the territorial row between China and the Philippines over what has become another South China Sea flashpoint. For weeks, both ...

Three ships circled land features, including some where Vietnam has built facilities, last week, according to maritime ...