VOV.VN - Vietnamese authorities said they have lost hope in their search for 13 missing fishermen from two sunken fishing vessels after combing through the waters near the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago for more than 100 hours.

VOV.VN - Foreign rescue forces on board a helicopter and a vessel have been working alongside their colleagues of the Vietnam Coast Guard to search for 13 missing Vietnamese fishermen whose two boats sank in rough waters off the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands in the East Sea.

VOV.VN - A digital exhibition opened on September 18 at Vo Van Ky secondary school in Khanh Hoa province, to offer students an insight into the historical and legal evidence proving the nation’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

VOV.VN - The country strongly reiterates its unwavering stance on the sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly), and resolutely rejects any maritime claims of China that are based on the “nine-dash line” in the East Sea.

The organisation of live-fire drills in the waters around Ba Binh island belonging to Vietnam's Truong Sa (Spratly) is a serious infringement upon Vietnam's territorial sovereignty over Truong Sa, said Pham Thu Hang, spokesperson for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 28.

VOV.VN - Storm Doksuri is likely to develop into a super typhoon and become the second storm to enter the East Sea this year, said Nguyen Van Huong, head of Weather Forecasting Division under the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF), on July 24.

The image of the Vietnamese national flag on the roof of a hall on Truong Sa Lon Island was shown in the Google Maps app on July 18 morning.

The Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has worked with representatives of Google to clarify whether it deleted or blurred the national flag of Vietnam in Truong Sa (Spratly) on its Google Maps and Google Earth apps, Le Quang Tu Do, head of the authority said on July 11.

Vu Ngoc Vuong from Nam Truc district of Nam Dinh province is famous for running a chain of ’pho’ (rice noodle soup with beef or chicken) restaurants in Hanoi, selling around two to three thousand bowls daily.

Six streets in Gia Lam district of Hanoi capital city will be named after islands of Truong Sa (Spratly) in south-central Khanh Hoa province.