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.

VOV.VN - The body of Vietnamese sailor Dang Duy Kien, a crew member who was killed on March 6 in a missile attack by the Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, was brought back to his hometown on March 24.

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.

After learning about a Vietnamese sailor in distress at sea and another Vietnamese citizen rescued from sea by Thailand, the Vietnamese Embassy in the country has quickly contacted local competent agencies and carried out citizen protection.

The Vietnamese Embassy and the labour management board in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on December 20 met and handed over new passports for 17 Vietnamese sailors, who were rescued in a ship accident off the RoK island of Ulleung on December 1.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)'s Coast Guard on has successfully rescued 17 Vietnamese sailors after their cargo ship sank near the eastern island of Ulleung.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on December 3 rejected the latest information of the Amnesty International, saying social platforms like Facebook have become tools for the repression of free expression in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested the Vietnam Maritime Administration to make every effort to soon bring home 12 Vietnamese sailors who have been stranded in Malaysian waters for about four months.