The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Djibouti is taking citizen protection measures for Vietnamese sailors working on the Barbados-flagged True Confidence cargo ship which was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile off the coast of Yemen on March 6.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese national was among three crew members killed in a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a ship in the Gulf of Aden on March 6, confirmed the Vietnam Maritime Administration.

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea (RoK)'s Coast Guard announced on March 1 that eight out of 10 crew members, including five from Vietnam, had been successfully rescued by a fishing boat after their fishing vessel capsized near the RoK’s Jeju Island.

Ten Indonesians and one Malaysian who are crewmembers of vessel Samudra Indah II in distress off the coast of Vietnam were handed over to representatives of the two countries’ consulates general in Ho Chi Minh City on February 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.

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.

The port authority of the northern city of Hai Phong on August 7 announced that their units together with several competent forces successfully rescued seven sailors aboard an aground vessel of China’s Hong Kong.

VOV.VN - The sailors and chefs of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan enjoyed cooking a typical Vietnamese dish and sampling Vietnamese baguette for the first time during a culinary exchange held in Da Nang City on June 29.

VOV.VN - Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan sang and danced alongside orphans on June 26 when paying a visit to the Center for Raising Disadvantaged Children in the central coastal city of Da Nang.

VOV.VN - A foreign sailor died onboard a Panama-flagged cargo ship VIGOR SW whilst it was anchored at Nghi Son port in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa.