(VOVWORLD) - Ti Top beach in UNESCO heritage site Ha Long Bay has been named one of 100 best beaches in the world by Australian magazine Lonely Planet.

(VOVWORLD) - Cruise ship “Dream Cruise” with about 400 tourists on board, mostly from China, docked at Ha Long International Port in the northern province of Quang Ninh on January 26.

(VOVWORLD) - Border guard stations in Soc Trang province last week organized several activities to bring a happy Tet to local poor people living in sea border areas.

(VOVWORLD) - The DK1 platform are clusters of Vietnam’s economic and technical services built on the southern continental shelf, about 250-350 nautical miles from the mainland. Naval soldiers on the platform are tasked to protect the sovereignty of national sea, islands, and continental shelf.

(VOVWORLD) - On Monday night Vietnamese border guards from Quan Lan and Ngoc Vung Border Guard Stations in Quang Ninh province rescued two Chinese sailors in distress in the waters to the east of Quan Lan Island.

(VOVWORLD) - On Tuesday, the General Staff of the Vietnamese Navy held a ceremony to mark its 65th founding anniversary this week and receive the Fatherland Protection Order, second class.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has established its full legal basis supported by ample historical evidence to assert its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pham Thu Hang said this week in response to a reporter’s query on Vietnam’s position concerning China’s invasion of the Hoang Sa Islands in 1974.

(VOVWORLD) - On Monday, a delegation from the High Command of the Naval Region 3 presented Tet gifts to soldiers and people in Con Co island district in Quang Tri province and Ly Son island district in Quang Ngai province.

(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang welcomed a ‘famtrip’ delegation of 35 members from the Indonesian Travel Agents Association to survey tourist destinations in Central Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The Bahamian cruise ship “Spectrum of the Seas” brought nearly 4,400 international tourists to Nha Trang Port in Khanh Hoa Province last week.