China is actively building new artificial islands, which you may have heard about in the news. The reasons are largely strategic and political, as the islands extend China's territory into the mineral ...

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, ...

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 ...

Vietnam has stepped up its island-building activities in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands and is on track to surpass China in terms of land reclaimed, according to a U.S. think tank's new ...

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 ...