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(UPDATES) WHILE the Philippines and China were busy wrangling over disputed islands and reefs in the South China Sea, Vietnam quietly expanded its territory by building islands, a report said.

The Washington-based independent think tank Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) said that in the last six months, Vietnam had created almost as much new land in its outposts in the South China Sea as it had in the previous two years combined.

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