- Vietnam protested new Chinese construction on Yagong Island (Ba Ba) in the Paracels after satellite images showed installations that analysts say might be an early‑warning radar.
- Hanoi demanded the work stop immediately, calling any foreign activities there illegal and citing historical and legal grounds for its claim.
- The dispute sits inside the wider South China Sea tensions—China has occupied the Paracels since 1974, and the Spratlys and nearby waters are also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei.
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