The Ministry of Industry and Trade has called on marine transport and logistics businesses to cut fees for container storage and warehousing for companies that have reduced operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The development of seaports is to be prioritised over the next three decades to meet increasing demand in shipping services, according to Nguyen Xuan Sang, director of Vietnam Maritime Administration under the Ministry of Transport.

A search and rescue officer from Vietnam has been selected to receive the 2021 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea, after saving the lives of four people from a sunken cargo ship in extreme weather and heavy seas.

VOV.VN - The US-sponsored John Midgett coast guard ship, a Hamilton-class cutter, has departed from Seattle (Washington) and is expected to arrive in Vietnam in the coming days.

Many container shipping lines have announced further increases in transportation fees starting from late May, causing difficulties for import-export companies.

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Port of Incheon Incorporated announced plans on May 24 to launch a new container shipping route from Incheon Port to various destinations throughout both Thailand and Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The United States is testing its USCGC John Midgett coast guard ship, a Hamilton-class cutter in Washington, and is expected to deliver it to Vietnam in the coming weeks.

Thirty-seven officers and soldiers working at sea off the coast of southern Bac Lieu province cast their votes to elect deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels on May 19, four days ahead of the scheduled date for the national elections.

VOV.VN - Recent days has seen Ha Long International Cruise Port left almost completely deserted, as operations come to a grinding halt as part of efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the community.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese competent agencies always closely follow developments in the East Sea and protect the exercise of national sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over Vietnam's territorial waters in accordance with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).