VOV.VN - The Search and Rescue Department under the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army is cooperating with Army Corps 18 under Vietnam Helicopter Company to explore the possibility of using helicopters to search for 10 missing crew members of a coal carrying vessel that sank off the coast of Vung Ang in central Vietnam on May 25 evening.

The research vessel Professor Gagarinsky was transferred to the Joint Vietnam-Russia Tropical Science and Technology Research Centre (VRTC) at a ceremony held on May 11 in Vladivostok city, Russia.

China’s seasonal fishing ban in certain areas of the East Sea is invalid as it violates Vietnam’s sovereignty, sovereign rights, jurisdiction and interests in the sea, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Authorities in the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa are stepping up inspection and supervision of fishing vessels entering and leaving local ports, to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Sailing vessel 286-Le Quy Don of the Naval Academy and a delegation of the Vietnam People’s Navy led by the academy’s Deputy Director Senior Captain Nguyen Dinh Giang, left Nha Trang city, the south central province of Khanh Hoa on May 5 for visits and exchanges with the navies of China and the Philippines.

The High Command of Coast Guard Region 4 and border guards in the southernmost province of Ca Mau has been taking drastic measures to curb illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, particularly violations relating to vessel monitoring systems (VMS).

Petrovietnam Phuoc An Port Investment and Operation JSC (PAP) in cooperation with Saigon Newport Corporation (SNP) have welcomed the first container ship from SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd, to Phuoc An port in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Chairman of the Danish Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee Michael Aastrup Jensen has praised Vietnam’s vessel monitoring system for fishing activities and the quality of its seafood products.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Coast Guard rescued a Vietnamese sailor on February 26 after he suffered acute appendicitis aboard a Panama-flagged vessel near Con Dao Island, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) is closely monitoring the rescue efforts following the capsising of a Korean fishing vessel carrying 14 crew members, including three Vietnamese nationals, the embassy has said.