Vietnam’s island reclamation activities in the South China Sea made headlines in 2024 with a record area of land created and several airstrips planned on the new islands.

the only permanently populated feature in the contested Spratly Islands. Beijing's claims to most of the heavily trafficked South China Sea overlap with those of several neighboring states ...

The proposed energy facilities could be used to power military bases on the Chinese-built artificial islands ... floating nuclear power plants in the disputed South China Sea, saying the move ...

For years China has had an advantage in the South China Sea as its land ... emergence of potential military structures on several Vietnamese features in the Spratly Islands and the formation ...

Another video shows a Chinese military helicopter ... in a bid to curb China’s aggressive actions in the South China Sea, East China Sea and around Taiwan, a self-governed island which Beijing ...

The Philippines is upgrading facilities on Thitu Island ... boost its limited military reach in the face of Beijing’s increasing pressure in the South China Sea. The money will help fund ...

The air forces of the Philippines and the United States held joint patrols over the South China Sea on Tuesday, a move that angered China, which also conducted a "routine patrol" over a disputed shoal ...

"The risk of some form of conflict between China and the US in the South China Sea will escalate as a result of increased US military activities ... the South China Sea islands - putting it ...

Hong Kong’s iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant sunk in ... “On Saturday afternoon it was passing Xisha Islands [Paracel Islands] in the South China Sea when the vessel encountered adverse ...

The shoal, controlled by China as Huangyan Island ... situation in the South China Sea said the region saw more than 10 daily and thousands of annual US-China military encounters, but most ...