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

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

Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang pointed out during a press conference Thursday that foreign research and survey operations conducted within the country's EEZ are "violations of ...

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

US-Vietnam trade deal rekindles China tensions. Trump shakes Beijing truce by singling out transshipment in first Asian pact. A container is loaded onto a ship at Vietnam's Hai Phong port.

Tensions in the South China Sea were among the issues discussed at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum, a three-day military diplomacy event that ended on Saturday, although the Philippines stayed away.

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.

The incident comes after Chinese and Filipino coastguard ships collided near another disputed shoal on October 22.

Beijing signals strong opposition. At Thursday’s briefing, He Yongqian, a spokeswoman for China’s Ministry of Commerce, said Beijing is closely reviewing the details of the US–Vietnam deal ...