VOV.VN - Vietnamese tourists now have the opportunity to embark on international cruise tours directly from a domestic port, as the luxury cruise ship Star Voyager set sail from Phu My Port in Ba Ria – Vung Tau province for the first time on June 13.

PM Pham Minh Chinh requested Ho Chi Minh City and the southern provinces of Ba Ria – Vung Tau and Binh Duong to promptly addressing concerns and recommendations to concretise and swiftly translate the Party’s policies and guidelines into practice while addressing a conference in Ba Ria – Vung Tau on March 20.

A wastewater collection, treatment, and drainage plant funded by the Dutch government was inaugurated at the Phu My New Urban Area in Phu My town, the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, on October 23.

VOV.VN - Ship CSB 8001 from Coast Guard Region 3 co-ordinated efforts with coast guard ship KN.Pulau Dana of Indonesia to conduct a joint training exercise on search and rescue and marine firefighting on the waters of the southern coastal province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau on October 11.

Ba Ria - Vung Tau is delighted to promote economic partnerships with Izumiotsu city of Japan’s Osaka prefecture and expand bilateral ties to other fields, an official of the southern Vietnamese province said on May 21.

The People's Committee of the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau has issued a plan to launch a peak month in the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, and prepared for the fifth working session with the European Commission (EC)’s inspection team.

VOV.VN - The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has granted investment licenses to 15 projects with total capitalisation of VND60 trillion.

Ten Indonesians and one Malaysian who are crewmembers of vessel Samudra Indah II in distress off the coast of Vietnam were handed over to representatives of the two countries’ consulates general in Ho Chi Minh City on February 29.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 2 inspected the implementation of the component project No. 3 of the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau expressway project in Phu My township, and the Southern Petrochemical Complex Project in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.

The Fred Hollows Vietnam (FHFVN, Australia) has provided a VND3.6-billion (nearly US$150,000) aid package for the Eye Hospital of the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau to improve the quality of refraction services in the locality.