The specimens were the bycatch of a fishing vessel in the South China Sea, which researchers later bought to study.

Vietnam is following in the footsteps of rival Spratly Islands claimant China in building military-purposed infrastructure, ...

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is in talks with the Brazilian navy over the sale of two former Royal Navy amphibious warships.

HONG KONG >> China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beijing’s latest move to ...

Vietnam on Thursday requested China to fully respect its rights over the Paracel Islands and to release all illegally captured fishermen and vessels. "The Paracel Islands belong to Vietnam.

In September, Chinese government forces allegedly assaulted Vietnamese fishermen in the contested Paracel Islands, leaving several with broken limbs. This prompted a rare public protest from Hanoi.

There are signs these disputes are starting to intensify. A recent satellite image of Triton Island, one of the Paracel Islands which China exercises effective control over, showed a Chinese flag ...

The specimens were caught just over 90 miles northeast of the Paracel Islands — a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea off the southern coast of China and partway between Vietnam and the ...