Vietnam is following in the footsteps of rival Spratly Islands claimant China in building military-purposed infrastructure, ...

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative estimates that Hanoi has created 641 new acres of land in the disputed Spratly ...

Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro, director-general and senior official for Association of Southeast Asian Nations cooperation at ...

Vietnam’s reclamation does nothing to change the nature of Vietnam’s territorial or maritime claims, or the legal status of the features themselves. It is also unlikely to make a major impact on ...

With President Donald Trump back in the White House, new US leadership shot up on the list of Southeast Asia’s geopolitical ...

Seething international tensions over the South China Sea have struck an unlikely victim in Vietnam: popular children's dolls pulled from shops over a facial mark supposedly resembling Beijing's ...

Beijing: China has discovered vast reserves of ‘black gold’ in the South China Sea. CNOOC (China National ... China has disputes with countries like Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and ...

Vietnam is facing 46 per cent tariffs, making it – along with China – one of the countries worst hit by the levies Trump imposed on allies and rivals alike. Some observers have predicted that ...

Espionage accusations between China and the Philippines risk escalating bilateral tensions, with fallout expected to spill into economic ties and dampen Chinese investment in the Southeast Asian ...

Contingency Planning Memoranda identify plausible scenarios that could have serious consequences for U.S. interests and propose measures to both prevent and mitigate them. The risk of conflict in ...

The varying levels of US tariffs could see investors move away from the likes of Vietnam and Cambodia and turn to countries ...

In 2050, the South China Sea is no longer a flashpoint of geopolitical rivalry but a dynamic epicenter of global cooperation. The region, once defined by competing territorial claims, has evolved ...