No Islet Left Behind: Vietnam Reclaims Land at Every Remaining Spratly Outpost
Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
“Recent satellite imagery shows that Vietnam has undertaken dredging and landfill work at Alison Reef, Collins Reef, East Reef, Landsdowne Reef, and Petley Reef, all of which had previously housed only small concrete pillbox structures.”
“New expansion has also begun at three features that already hosted medium-sized artificial islands by virtue of earlier rounds of Vietnamese dredging: Amboyna Cay, Grierson Reef, and West Reef.”
“These efforts build on Hanoi’s already of dredging and landfill activities over the last four years. As of March 2025, Vietnam had created about 70 percent as much artificial land in the Spratlys as China had. Reclamation at these eight new features all but ensures that Vietnam will match—and likely surpass—the scale of Beijing’s island-building.”
https://amti.csis.org/no-islet-left-behind-vietnam-reclaims-land-at-every-remaining-spratly-outpost/