The report, which also lists the Philippines, Malaysia and Taiwan, says the claimants’ activities have caused ‘irreparable’ damage.

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.

Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative said that dredging and landfills had caused “irreparable damage” to the marine habitat.

Beijing has repeatedly asserted sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and accused rival claimant states, including the ...

WASHINGTON--Vietnam has conducted a major expansion of dredging and landfill work at several of its South China Sea outposts in the second half of this year, signaling an intent to significantly ...

China has reasserted claims to roughly 90 percent of the South China Sea as its exclusive economic zone. Vietnam has responded forcefully, initiating its own land-reclamation projects in the ...

The researchers said they were told the species was fished near the Spratly Islands in Vietnam. More work will be need to done to find out if the species lives elsewhere in the South China Sea.

A newly discovered giant isopod has been named after Darth Vader of Star Wars, inspired by his iconic and distinctive helmet. The 32.5 cm-long sea bug, known as a 'supergiant' was found off the coast ...

South Korean spy satellites recently detected a telltale sign of Chinese expansionism in the Yellow Sea: a new structure.

The South China Sea has long been a stage for US-China rivalry, its critical shipping lanes, rich resources and competing territorial claims making it a geopolitical flashpoint. Last year ...

Manila and Beijing have had a series of escalating confrontations in disputed waters of the South China Sea. China claims almost ... Malaysia and Vietnam. Two Philippine fisheries vessels, on ...

The bloc and China pledged in 2002 to create a code of conduct, but progress has been slow. Read more at straitstimes.com.