How Much Risk Can Vietnam Run in the South China Sea?
Dec 24, 2024 · Recently, several prominent Chinese scholars have condemned Vietnam’s island expansion activities. They worry that Vietnam’s upgraded airstrips, harbors, and embarkments could allow Hanoi to...
Vietnam quiet, firm and resilient in the South China Sea
Dec 9, 2024 · Vietnam’s growing frustration with ASEAN’s repeated delays and lack of unity in establishing a binding Code of Conduct for the South China Sea has propelled Hanoi to chart its own course in addressing China’s aggressive maritime expansion.
China-Vietnam tensions flare up over South China Sea
Jun 18, 2024 · China gained control of the Paracel Islands in 1974 from then-South Vietnam after a battle for the archipelago. But Vietnam maintains its sovereignty rights based on the 1982 United Nations...
Vietnam Is Far Closer to China Than America Realizes - Foreign …
Jan 13, 2025 · In 2016, after a period of intense Chinese activity in the South China Sea, the United States finally lifted a long-standing embargo on lethal arms sales to Vietnam.
Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea
Sep 17, 2024 · China’s sweeping claims of sovereignty over the sea—and the sea’s estimated 11 billion barrels of untapped oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas —have antagonized competing claimants...
The State of the South China Sea: Coercion at Sea, Slow Progress …
3 days ago · During 2024, all was relatively quiet on Vietnam’s eastern front in the East Sea (Vietnam’s name for its area of the South China Sea). Chinese survey ships and aircraft, including a drone ...
Vietnam imitating China’s island-making in South China Sea
Oct 10, 2024 · Vietnam has quietly ramped up its military presence in the South China Sea, matching China’s island-building tactics to assert its territorial claims in the hotly contested maritime area.
Vietnam rebukes China, Philippines over South China Sea conduct
May 18, 2023 · Vietnam on Thursday criticised recent conduct by a Chinese research ship and the Philippine coast guard in the South China Sea, accusing its neighbours of separate actions that were...
China rebuts Vietnam's claims to disputed South China Sea islands
Jan 24, 2024 · The Chinese foreign ministry on Wednesday said China's claims to the Paracel and Spratly Islands in the South China Sea were backed by "history" after Vietnam over the weekend repeated it...
What is the South China Sea dispute? - BBC News
Jul 7, 2023 · China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei all have competing claims over territory in the South China Sea. Countries have wrangled over territory in the South China...