The contested South China Sea boasts rich oil and gas reserves and could play a key role in a conflict over Taiwan.

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 ...

U.S. allies worry that American volatility and Russian outreach and arms sales, in particular, are driving Vietnam into a new phase.

Chinese President Xi Jinping signed dozens of cooperation agreements with Vietnam on Monday in a bid to deepen regional economic ties and blunt the impact of sweeping U.S. tariffs that have jolted ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s April 2025 diplomatic tour through Southeast Asia, starting in Vietnam, represents Beijing’s strategic response to a rapidly shifting trade landscape. Xi’s decision to ...

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met with Vietnamese Defence Minister Phan Van Giang in Hanoi on Sunday, emphasising the importance of bilateral ties and addressing the legacies of the Vietnam War.

When U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Vietnam with a 46 percent tariff on April 2 – “Liberation Day” – he exposed a fundamental contradiction at the heart of the Southeast Asian country’s ...

Concern is increasing throughout Southeast Asia as U.S. officials, intent on slowing China, have yet to say how they will ...