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

Japan has delivered two more ships to Vietnam that will be refurbished into patrol boats. The ships, which arrived in the port city of Da Nang, are the second delivery of a 2014 deal in which Tokyo is to provide Vietnam with six used fishing vessels that will be converted into patrol boats for Vietnam's coast guard in the South China Sea.
2015-11-3

Vietnam files an intervention in the arbitration case about the South China Sea with Vietnam rejecting China's claims.
2014-12-13

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

Taiwan plans to expand a pier on one of the disputed Spratly Islands, parts of which are also claimed by Vietnam, Brunei, China, Malaysia and the Philippines, as the other claimants strengthen military deployment in the South China Sea.
2013-04-7

Vietnamese protesters march in the capital Hanoi for the fourth successive week calling on the People's Republic of China to stop entering Vietnamese territorial waters on the South China Sea.
2011-06-26

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

Vietnam holds a live fire drill in the South China Sea amid a dispute with China.
2011-06-13

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