Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A satellite image of Landsdowne Reef, one of the features in the Spratly Islands where Vietnam has been island-building this year, ...

In the turquoise waters of the South China Sea, one country is challenging Beijing’s grip on one of the world’s most important maritime thoroughfares. Over four years, Vietnam has built out a series ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam has revved up its land reclamation efforts in the South China Sea this year, beginning construction on eight previously untouched features in the Spratly Islands.

Vietnam is on a South China Sea island-building binge that will likely see it soon surpass the area China has reclaimed in the strategic and contested Spratly Islands, according to a new report from ...