China remains Vietnam’s economic lifeline. So why is Hanoi suddenly deepening strategic ties with India?

As tensions persist in the South China Sea, Vietnam is increasingly turning to India for defence, trade diversification and ...
UPI

Vietnam steps up South Reef expansion, careful not to provoke China

Dec. 11 (UPI) --Vietnam has quietly accelerated land reclamation at South Reef, a once-remote coral feature in the contested Spratly Islands, signaling a new strategic turn as pressure from ...

These fishermen in the South China Sea get paid for their time on water — not to fish

Off China's southern coast, hundreds of fishing boats sit idle. The crews aren't there to fish, but rather to "maintain ...
Reuters

Exclusive: Risking Beijing's ire, Vietnam begins dredging on South China Sea reef

SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Vietnam has begun dredging work on a disputed reef in the South China Sea, satellite imagery shows, the latest move by the Communist state to bolster its claims in ...