VOV.VN - The 15th South China Sea International Conference themed “Luminate the Grey, Light Up the Green”, jointly organized by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) and partner agencies, opened on October 25 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam Agency of Seas and Islands (VASI) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the National Ocean Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet Office of Japan held their first-ever direct dialogue in Hanoi on October 16.

Vessel SAR 412 of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre in Da Nang on September 29 safely brought ashore a Philippine crew member who met with an accident at sea.

VOV.VN - The Regional Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre No. 3 on September 8 took two foreign sailors seriously injured on board a Marshall Island-flagged cargo ship off Vietnam’s territorial waters to hospital for treatment.

Vietnamese ports handled a total of 59,338 vessels between January and July, an annual decrease of 3%, reported the Vietnam Maritime Administration.

Thailand’s cabinet on August 23 approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to be signed between the country and Vietnam on maritime law, said Rachada Dhnadirek, a deputy government spokeswoman.

VOV.VN - China’s action of bringing part of Hoang Sa, known internationally as the Paracel Islands, into the area of military exercises taking place in the East Sea from July 29 to August 2 has seriously violated Vietnamese sovereignty over the archipelago.

VOV.VN - The working groups of Vietnam and China on July 4 held two rounds of negotiations on the waters beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and on cooperation for mutual development at sea, in Guangdong, China.

VOV.VN - The National Oil and Gas Group of India (ONGC) and Vietnamese firm Hai Duong Maritime Joint Stock Company (HADUCO) on June 20 signed a contract on oil and gas exploration and production in India.

There are great opportunities for Belgian investors in the development of seaports in Vietnam, a country owning a coastline of over 3,200km, heard a conference held in Anvers city of Belgium on June 12.