Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 23 inspected the progress of key construction works in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, including Go Cong sea dyke and Rach Mieu 2 bridge.

VOV.VN - As repeatedly affirmed, Vietnam has full legal basis and historical evidence to affirm its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos in accordance with international law, as well as its sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over its territorial waters established in line with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of Hanoi on March 20 called on people and organisations in the city to contribute to the “For Vietnam’s seas and islands Fund” in 2024.

The three Vietnamese sailors surviving a missile attack on True Confidence, a Barbados-flagged cargo ship, by Houthi forces off the coast of Yemen on March 6 are set to arrive in Hanoi on March 14.

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.

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.

A high-level delegation of the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) led by its Deputy Minister Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung paid a working trip to South Africa from February 24 to March 1 to promote bilateral cooperation between the two countries, especially in the field of law protection and enforcement.

VOV.VN - Spectrum of the Seas, one of the world's top ten most luxury cruise ships, docked at Tan Cang-Cai Mep port in the central province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on February 20, with the vessel carrying 4,485 international travelers on board.

Vietnam still has effective tools to proactively control the VND/USD exchange rate in 2024 even if the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has to maintain its interest rates at the current high level for an extended time due to the conflict in the Red Sea and other new uncertainties, experts said.

VOV.VN - Midfielder Nguyen Hoang Duc of the national men’s football team, and goalkeeper Tran Thi Kim Thanh of the national women’s football team, were named winners of the 2023 Vietnam Golden Ball Awards at a ceremony in Hanoi on February 19 evening.