(VOVWORLD) -Quang Tri province has been focusing on attracting investment in the seaport system, aiming to become a goods transshipment center of Vietnam’s central region and the whole country on the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) by 2030.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has sufficient legal and historical evidence to assert its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes in line with international law as well as sovereignty, sovereignty rights and jurisdiction right to the waters established in line with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

(VOVWORLD) - Ship CSB 8004 with the Vietnam Coast Guard delegation onboard left Yeosu port on Friday, concluding the visit and exchange with the South Korean Coast Guard Academy.

(VOVWORLD) - Travel businesses have adopted incentives to attract visitors as from November to the end of the year is the low season for tourism in Con Dao island district, Ba Ria Vung Tau province.

(VOVWORLD) - The Border Guard Command of Quang Binh province is intensifying its campaign to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing from November 2-12.

(VOVWORLD) - On October 28, in Binh Son district, Quang Ngai province, the Coast Guard Region 2 Command, in cooperation with the Provincial Party Committee’s Mass Mobilization Committee and the Department of Education and Training, launched a contest for high school students to study maritime law and the Vietnam Coast Guard’s role. Over 1,500 students from Binh Son High School participated.

(VOVWORLD) - Binh Dinh province held a commemorative ceremony on Wednesday in Hoai Nhon town to mark the 60th anniversary of Lo Dieu Beach—the historic site where an “unnumbered ship” first docked to deliver weapons to the southern front.

(VOVWORLD) - On October 30, a delegation led by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Phung Duc Tien, met with leaders in Soc Trang province to review efforts in tackling illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, with the aim of lifting the European Commission’s (EC) “Yellow Card” warning. The group also discussed sustainable aquaculture initiatives.

(VOVWORLD) - The Party Central Committee’s Communication and Education Commission on Thursday coordinated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Navy Command, holding a conference on sea and island communication in 28 coastal cities and provinces.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam demanded that China respect Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and cease detaining Vietnamese fishing boats and crew members operating in the area.