VOV.VN - The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) High Command held bilateral meetings on December 9 in Hanoi with the Indonesian Coast Guard (Bakamla) and the National Committee for Maritime Security of Cambodia.

The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) High Command held bilateral meetings with the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (THAI-MECC) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Hanoi on December 8, as part of the first 2022 exchange programme “Vietnam coast guards and friends”.

VOV.VN - As many as 150 officials and experts from Vietnam and representative agencies of ASEAN countries attended an international workshop in Hanoi on December 8 marking 40 years of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982).

Vietnam is a major partner of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the field of maritime and fisheries, said RoK Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Cho Seung-Hwan.

Vietnam’s maritime search and rescue forces have brought two injured Filipino sailors on board a Panama’s vessel to the central province of Khanh Hoa for emergency treatment.

Vietnam will need nearly VND400 trillion (US$16.08 billion) to upgrade its seaport system by 2030, heard a workshop held by the Ministry of Transport in Hanoi on November 8.

VOV.VN - As many as 303 Sri Lankan people on board Myanmar-flagged fishing vessel LADY R3 have been rescued by the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC Vietnam) and other foreign forces.

Boat SAR 412 of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre on October 30 safely towed a fishing vessel with 13 fishermen onboard, which was in distress at sea off the coast of central Quang Tri province to Da Nang city and handed it over to authorities.

Vietnam’s maritime sector is striving to upgrade its international merchant fleet in order to reduce the country’s dependency on foreign-owned vessels in export-import activities.

VOV.VN - Fishermen based in the coastal city of Quy Nhon in the southcentral province of Binh Dinh have hurriedly sought out shelter for their boats and stockpiled food while residents reinforce their homes ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Noru, one of the strongest typhoons for 20 years.