In February, Chinese warships held live-fire drills in waters near Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, known as the Beibu Gulf in China, after Hanoi published a map defining its territorial claims there.

On February 21, Vietnam published a map defining its baseline claims in the Gulf of Tonkin, a belated response to China’s announcement of its baseline in 2024 that drew criticism from Hanoi.

China began live-fire drills this week in the Gulf of Tonkin, just days after Vietnam unveiled a new map defining its territorial claims in the strategic waterway. Newsweek reached out to the ...

BANGKOK (AP): Chinese authorities said they began live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin on Monday, only days after Vietnam announced a new line marking what it considers its territory in the body ...

It gave no further details, but the drills follow an announcement last week by Vietnam establishing a baseline used to calculate the width of its territorial waters in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Vietnam had not publicly responded to the Chinese drills. China and Vietnam have long had a maritime agreement governing the Gulf of Tonkin, but have been locked in competing claims in the nearby ...

China began live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin on Monday, merely days after Vietnam announced a new line marking what it considers its territory in the body of water between the countries.

BANGKOK -- Chinese authorities said they began live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin on Monday, February 24, 2025, only days after Vietnam announced a new line marking what it considers its ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese authorities said they began live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin on Monday, only days after Vietnam announced a new line marking what it considers its territory in the body ...

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