(VOVWORLD) - The administration of Quang Tri Province, central Vietnam has approved a research project under which researchers will explore the carbon storage capacity of seagrass beds and suggest effective and sustainable solutions to the management, restoration, and exploitation of seagrass meadows in the province.

(VOVWORLD) -For the past five years, Fisheries Surveillance Detachment No. 2 of Vung Tau city has trained search and rescue operations, carried out ship maintenance and repairs, and explained maritime laws to fishermen, said the detachment’s Party Committee Secretary Ngo Dang Hoai on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) -Working Group No. 21 of more than 270 members have just returned from their voyage to Truong Sa (Spratly) island district, Khanh Hoa province, and the DK1 Platform on Vietnam’s southern continental shelf.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has full legal basis and ample historical evidence to assert its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and the Truong Sa (Spratly), in accordance with international law as well as sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over maritime zones established following the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982), Deputy Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Doan Khac Viet said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a Decision approving the Planning for protection and exploitation of aquatic resources for the 2021- 2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

(VOVWORLD) - The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has taken a lot of concerted measures to raise fishermen’s awareness of regulations related to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing prevention and control.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Hydrographic Committee and the Indian Hydrographic Committee have agreed to further bilateral cooperation.

(VOVWORLD) - A photo contest themed “Proud of National Borders, Sea and Islands of Thua Thien – Hue” was launched this week.

(VOVWORLD) -Naval Region 5 of the Vietnamese Navy and Ream Naval Base of the Royal Cambodian Navy held the 33rd conference to review the activities within the recent joint patrol in the port city of Sihanoukville, the Southwestern province of Preah Sihanouk of Cambodia on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -Tourists have on recent days flooded Cu Lao Cham Island of Hoi An city in Quang Nam province.