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Vietnam announces that it will ban the upcoming American film "Barbie" over a scene showing a map displaying the nine-dash line in the South China Sea, which Vietnam does not recognize.
2023-07-3

Satellite images show anti-aircraft guns and missile defence systems being built on artificial islands in the South China Sea; China had previously committed to not militarising its controversial developments in the region.
2016-12-14

Vietnam is reported to be preparing for a possible military conflict with China over territorial claims in the South China Sea.
2015-12-20

The Philippines asks the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague to invalidate China's claims to virtually all of the South China Sea. The hearing was attended by observers from Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
2015-07-9

Vietnam and China trade accusations over an incident in the South China Sea that led to the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat yesterday.
2014-05-27

Anti-Chinese protests in southern Vietnam about the People's Republic of China deploying an oil rig in a disputed section of the South China Sea degenerate into the burning of up to 15 foreign-owned factories.
2014-05-14

Vietnam claims that the People's Republic of China has assaulted Vietnamese fishermen in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
2012-03-1

Hundreds of Vietnamese citizens protest outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi for the third straight week as tensions escalate over disputed areas of the South China Sea.
2011-06-19

In response, China warns Vietnam to stop all activities in the disputed waters.
2011-06-10

After receiving orders from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is now on his visit program to China and Vietnam, Indonesian Public Welfare Minister Agung Laksono declares an emergency response.
2010-10-26