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 island-building efforts strengthen Vietnam's control in a strategic sea lane. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Periodic bomber deployments to Woody Island—spotted by U.S. satellite company Maxar Technologies and verified by open-source intelligence analysts—have been interpreted as a demonstration of China's ...

Beijing has vowed to defend its maritime rights after a US report that Vietnam has sped up its island-building efforts in the contested Spratly Islands this year. In a report on Friday, the Asia ...

A satellite image of Barque Canada reef in the Spratly Islands, showing the extent of Vietnamese construction on the feature. Vietnam continues to expand and develop its outposts in the Spratly ...

Built atop an atoll, Fiery Cross Reef is one of seven China reclaimed during its 2013–2016 dredging spree that created more than 3,000 acres of new land. Today, it is a fortified base for the People's ...