In 2021, Vietnam began expanding some of its small- and medium-sized outposts in the Spratly Islands through dredging and landfill. As of now, that effort has resulted in over 2,200 acres of new land ...

Of them all, Vietnam has been by far the most proactive in asserting its own sovereignty claims in the South China Sea. These center on the Paracel Islands—referred to as Hoang Sa in Vietnam ...