Vietnam protests China, Philippines claims on South China Sea reef
Hanoi (AFP) May 3, 2025 Vietnam on Saturday protested claims by China and the Philippines over a disputed reef in the South China Sea which it considers its own territory. Manila and Beijing traded barbs last week over Sandy Cay, a group of small sandbanks in the waterway's Spratly Islands, after a Chinese state media report suggested the area had been seized. The Philippines and China have been engaged in mont
Hanoi (AFP) May 3, 2025
Vietnam on Saturday protested claims by China and the Philippines over a disputed reef in the South China Sea which it considers its own territory.
Manila and Beijing traded barbs last week over Sandy Cay, a group of small sandbanks in the waterway's Spratly Islands, after a Chinese state media report suggested the area had been seized.
The Philippines and China have been engaged in mont
Vietnam on Saturday protested claims by China and the Philippines over a disputed reef in the South China Sea which it considers its own territory.
Manila and Beijing traded barbs last week over Sandy Cay, a group of small sandbanks in the waterway's Spratly Islands, after a Chinese state media report suggested the area had been seized.
The Philippines and China have been engaged in mont 
