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Vietnam is taking a leaf out of China’s playbook to build fortified islands in the disputed South China Sea

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 ...
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China builds a floating artificial island, self-sufficient and resistant to nuclear explosions

The South China Sea will host an infrastructure capable of redefining the balance in the Indo-Pacific. This project adds to ...
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Typhoon Koto forces sea bans across south-central Vietnam, thousands placed on evacuation watch

Vietnam's south-central region, still reeling from a week of disastrous flooding, is rushing to secure boats, reinforce coastal communities and prepare evacuations as Typhoon Koto edges closer with ...
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Vietnam island building in Spratlys may soon surpass China's, report says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vietnam has significantly expanded island-building work in areas it claims in the Spratly Islands chain of the disputed South China Sea and will match and likely surpass the ...

Beijing launches historic preservation campaign to cement South China Sea claims

Conservation specialists repair monument on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands, with more preservation work planned ...

Inside China’s plan on ‘world-first floating artificial island’ that can resist nuclear blasts

China has begun work on constructing a colossal ‘floating artificial island’, which, when completed in 2028, will be the ...