The Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia has recently conducted a consular visit to 11 Vietnamese fishermen detained for illegal fishing in Sabah state as part of the efforts to protect Vietnamese citizens abroad and lift the European Council’s yellow card warning on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) has successfully coordinated with a foreign vessel to rescue 11 fishermen from Quang Ninh who were in distress at sea.

VOV.VN - A 100-kg whale was discovered lifeless on a beach in Thach Hai commune, in the central city of Ha Tinh on the morning of March 14.

Several countries and international organisations have voiced concerns over Chinese law enforcement force’s brutal behaviours towards Vietnamese fishermen operating in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago area on September 29.

VOV.VN - A total of 12 foreign sailors have been rescued from a sunken vessel by Vietnamese fishermen, according to information given by the Border Guard High Command of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has announced that on February 4 night, a fishing boat sank off the coast of Sinan county in the province of Jeonnam, leaving 9 out of its 12 crewmembers missing, including two Vietnamese citizens, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK.

VOV.VN - Foreign cargo ship BUFFALO sailing from Egypt to China has rescued five Vietnamese fishermen on a coracle roughly 214 nautical miles off the central coast of Nha Trang, confirmed local authorities of Binh Thuan province.

Border guards in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on July 3 discovered two ships carrying 25 Vietnamese fishermen from Malaysia.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang on February 10 held a consular visit in the form of teleconference and delivered Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to Vietnamese fishermen who are being kept in a detention centre in Tanjungpinang. ​

Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang recently had a virtual working session with leaders of Tanjung Pinang detention centre to discuss the situation of Vietnamese fishermen detained here.