(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has requested the People’s Committees of Hai Phong city and Quang Ninh province to urgently study the recommendations of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to review and update a nomination dossier for obtaining a UNESCO recognition of “Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago” as a world heritage site.

(VOVWORLD) -A live media program entitled “Getting rich from the homeland’s sea” will take place on the evening of August 19, at the Naval Academy Wharf in Nha Trang city. The program is co-organized by the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and the People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa province.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on Friday signed a decision to establish the Institute of Environment, Sea and Islands Science under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

(VOVWORLD) - Ba Ria-Vung Tau province will be hosting a series of fun and exciting events and activities in July as part of its Summer Impression program to promote local tourism.

(VOVWORLD) - The My Long sea worshipping festival opened in My Long town, Tra Vinh province on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - An exhibition introducing a collection of signatures and autographs of President Ho Chi Minh in the 1945-1969 period opened in Co To island district, Quang Ninh province on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -Ship 20 of the Naval Region 3's Brigade 172 arrived in Da Nang Port last Saturday, after attending the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) in Malaysia and the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) in Indonesia.

(VOVWORLD) -The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyers Izumo and Samidare docked at Cam Ranh International Port in the south central province of Khanh Hoa, starting their visit to Vietnam from Tuesday to Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - At a regular press conference on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the information that the US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan will be present in Vietnam's territorial waters this weekend.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has sufficient legal and historical evidence to affirm its sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, said Pham Thu Hang, a spokesperson for Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday.