A knowledge contest on Vietnam’s seas and islands and a virtual reality exhibition with the theme of “To quoc ben bo song” (Fatherland by the waves) was launched in Hanoi on July 6.

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese destinations were named among the Top 10 leading cities and islands in the Southeast Asian region, as announced by US magazine Travel + Leisure’s Asia’s Best Awards 2022.

VOV.VN - The nation resolutely opposes and demands Taiwan to cancel its live-fire exercises in the waters around Ba Binh island belonging to Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and not to repeat similar actions in the future.

Police on the Spanish island of Mallorca on June 25 said they had arrested two Vietnamese citizens accused of raping a 17-year-old girl and privacy violation, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Spain.

VOV.VN - Mutya Johanna Datul, Miss Supranational 2013, will be the guest of honour at the first Miss Vietnam Sea and Islands 2022 beauty pageant, which is scheduled to take place in October in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

VOV.VN - Situated roughly 133 kilometres off the northern coastal city of Hai Phong in the Gulf of Tonkin, the island district of Bach Long Vi has developed into a popular tourist attraction over recent years.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on June 23 strongly opposed China’s illegal military exercise in the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago as a serious violation of its sovereignty in the East Sea.

The central province of Khanh Hoa is planning to suspend dive tourism activities in vulnerable coral reef areas in Nha Trang Bay in the face of reef degradation there.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese journalists, apart from their routine work on the mainland, volunteer to cross rough seas every year to reach islanders and soldiers so as to give in-depth coverage of their hard life there.

Birds of Vietnamese seas and islands are featured on a set of postage stamps to be issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications.