Beijing ‘must be prepared to respond’, and it might be headed for confrontation with Vietnam over land reclamation, analyst ...

Vietnam recently deployed a ship to intercept a Chinese survey vessel operating off its east coast, according to ship tracking data. The Chinese vessel spent much of the second half of June within ...

VIETNAMESE Ambassador Lai Thai Binh joined 25 foreign envoys in Manila to mark the ninth anniversary of the 2016 South China ...

Adm. Stephen Koehler gave assurances of U.S. commitment to help defend freedom of passage and the rule of law in the ...

Why global tensions are rising in the South China Sea amid recent clashes. ... Nearly a quarter of global maritime trade goes through the South China Sea. ... AND VIETNAM ALL REJECT CHINA'S CLAIMS.

Tensions rise in the South China Sea as a top U.S. Navy commander delivers a bold statement, declaring that China is facing ...

China's claims in the South China Sea, a conduit for $3 trillion in annual ship-borne commerce, overlap with the exclusive economic zones of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines have all attempted to counter Chinese claims to waters within their exclusive economic ...

Some Asia-Pacific nations on Friday expressed serious concern over rising tensions in the South China Sea, where China and ...

In the first quarter of 2025, Vietnam imported roughly $30 billion worth of goods from China and exported $31.4 billion to the U.S., according to official customs data cited by Reuters.

Experts warned that lingering, unresolved maritime disputes among ASEAN members, often kept outside established arbitration mechanisms, risk undermining regional unity at a time when global regard for ...

Japan said China is building a 20th structure in a disputed, energy-rich area and called for a return to negotiations.