VOV.VN - The Navy Command Region 4 announced on May 7 that ship 412 of the Region 4 Command had just handed over a drifting Filipino fisherman who was rescued by a Vietnamese fishing ship in the waters of the Truong Sa island district in Khanh Hoa province.

VOV.VN - The Philippines represents Vietnam's largest market for cement and clinker consumption, reaching nearly 2 million tons worth US$81.56 million, accounting for 26.8% of the nation's total cement and clinker export turnover during the past three months, according to statistics from the General Department of Customs.

The first bilateral conference between the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) took place in Hanoi on April 24.

The Vietnamese National Assembly is ready to share experience in educational reform with the Philippines, NA Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai told a delegation from the Philippine Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) led by Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian, Co-chair of EDCOM 2 and Senate Chair of the Committee on Basic Education.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on March 9 expressed its deep concern over the recent tensions between China and the Philippines in Second Thomas Shoal of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and called on the parties to exercise self-restraint.

Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, had bilateral meetings with Indonesian Deputy Minister of Defence Muhammad Herindra and Philippine Undersecretary of National Defence Irineo C. Espino in Luang Prabang, Laos, on March 5.

Vietnam and the Philippines have issued a joint press statement on the occasion of the State visit to Vietnam by Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse Louise Araneta Marcos left Hanoi late January 30, concluding their State visit to Vietnam on January 29-30 at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who was visiting Vietnam, made a tour of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, the former name of present-day Hanoi, on January 30.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is the Philippines’ only strategic partner in the region, and high-level meetings will positively contribute to realizing the Strategic Partnership between the two countries, as well as to peace, development and prosperity in the region, said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during his meeting with National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in Hanoi on January 30.