US rejects China ‘expelled’ its Navy warship near Truong Sa
16:48 | 25/12/2020
The U.S. Navy has knocked back a Chinese claim that their forces chased a U.S. warship from disputed waters in the Bien Dong Sea (South China Sea).
Japan, France, US plan their first joint military drills in May
15:14 | 07/12/2020
Japan, France and the US will hold a joint military drill for the first time next year. The exercises, have conducted on one of Japan’s uninhabited outlying islands, will focus on providing relief efforts during a natural disaster, but parts could also form the basis for a defence against attack, the paper said.
Vietnam asks Taiwan not to illegally conduct military exercise in Truong Sa (Spratly)
08:01 | 04/12/2020
Taiwan conducting the live-fire exercises in the waters around Vietnam's Ba Binh Island in the Spratly archipelago was a serious violation of Vietnam's territorial sovereignty.
China should have stopped tours of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago
07:31 | 04/12/2020
China should have respected Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes and cancelled tours of Vietnam’s Paracel islands.
Philippine military chief: Situation in the South China Sea still “uncertain”
11:28 | 15/10/2020
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Gilbert Gapay said that situation in the South China Sea “becoming more tense”, "remains volatile and uncertain", according to Rappler.
US’ destroyer sails near Vietnam’s Hoang Sa Islands, Beijing accuses it 'provocative actions'
09:49 | 11/10/2020
China raised its voice opposing the recent move of the US and called it “provocation actions” as US guided-missile destroyer USS John S.McCain on October 9 conducted a series of activities near Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel Islands) in the South China Sea or Bien Dong Sea.
South China Sea (Bien Dong Sea) and tensions between powers
09:56 | 02/09/2020
With flybys, missile launches, sanctions and military drills, both China and US are heating up tensions in the South China Sea (called Bien Dong Sea in Vietnam).
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