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Vietnam nears completion of militarized South China Sea outposts

Vietnam has revved up South China Sea land reclamation efforts this year, beginning construction on eight previously ...

Vietnam steps up South Reef expansion, careful not to provoke China

Vietnam has quietly accelerated land reclamation at South Reef, a once-remote coral feature in the Spratly Islands, as ...

China boosts intelligence reach in South China Sea, report says

Satellite images reviewed by the Washington-based Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative reveal new radar sites, antenna fields and other hardened structures on outposts in the Spratly Islands ...
The Diplomat

How Vietnam’s Non-Aligned Foreign Policy Helps Bolster Its Position in the South China Sea

A satellite image of Barque Canada Reef, a Vietnam-occupied feature in the Spratly Islands, taken on October 2, 2024. Vietnam now wants to complement an upgrade in military hardware with an upgrade in ...
The Diplomat

China’s Upgraded Lawfare in the South China Sea

In this image released by the Philippine Coast Guard, a China Coast Guard vessel fires a water cannon at a boat from the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the vicinity of Thitu ...