Satellite images show Hanoi reclaiming land and building military facilities such as airstrips on contested Spratly Island ...

Just two years ago, Pearson Reef in the South China Sea was little more than a tiny atoll among more than 100 reefs and specks of sand-covered coral – when viewed from space – that make up the ...

Namyit Island, at 117 acres (47 hectares) and Pearson Reef, at 119 acres (48 hectares), were both now larger than Spratly Island at 97 acres (39 hectares), which had been Vietnam's largest outpost.

This reef has seen the most land added by Vietnam — about 2.8 square kilometers since last November. ... Pearson Reef, Tennent Reef, Ladd Reef, and South Reef.

Another runway could be built on the Vietnamese occupied Pearson Reef, according to a report published in October by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) at the Washington-based Centre ...

Vietnam has been busy. In recent months, it has exponentially expanded the size of several features it controls in the Spratly Islands, including Barque Canada Reef, Namyit Island, Pearson Reef, and ...

VIETNAM is aggressively building permanent structures in the contested West Philippine Sea (WPS) based on a document obtained by The Manila Times titled 'Planning of Construction Projects on Pearson ...

This photo shows Discovery Great Reef, a Vietnam-built artificial feature in the South China Sea's contested Spratly Island archipelago. CSIS AMTI / Maxar This photo shows Discovery Great Reef, a ...

Vietnam has conducted a major expansion of dredging and landfill work at several of its South China Sea outposts in the second half of this year, signaling an intent to significantly fortify its ...