After completing a 10-day mission to rescue and assist the people of Myanmar affected by the earthquake, the working group from the Ministry of Public Security successfully fulfilled its duties. On April 8 evening, the team safely returned to Noi Bai International Airport. All 26 members and two rescue dogs were in good health without any injuries or accidents reported. They were welcomed by leaders from the Ministry of Public Security at the airport.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security’s rescue team is working tirelessly, making the most of every moment in the hope of finding survivors, despite immense difficulties.
The military medical staff on Sinh Ton island, Truong Sa island district in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa rescued a fisherman who encountered a health issue at sea on January 29 (the first day of the Year of the Snake).
Three Chinese sailors were rescued after their cargo vessel ran aground near Ha Mai island, Ngoc Vung commune, Van Don district, the northern province of Quang Ninh, the local border guard station said on January 16.
Competent forces in the south-central province of Binh Dinh have successfully rescued a foreign sailor who had suffered serious injuries and brought him ashore for emergency medical care, the provincial Border Guard Command reported on December 12.
National Assembly (NA) deputies on November 1 morning discussed at the hall issues of differing opinions of the draft Law on fire prevention, fighting and rescue after listening to a report on explanation, acquirement, and revision of the bill, as part of their ongoing 8th session.
A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (VMRCC) on October 20 provided first aid to critically-ill Chinese sailor on a Liberia-flagged vessel off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau before bringing him to the shore for further treatment.
The Standing Office of the National Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control and the Office of the National Committee for Natural Disaster Response and Search and Rescue on May 31 sent an official dispatch to authorities from the northern province of Quang Ninh province to the central province of Ha Tinh, requesting them to monitor storm Maliksi and prepare response measures.
The Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Management Board in the central province of Quang Binh has announced that it has recently received 11 rare wild animals transferred by the Hanoi Wild Animal Rescue Centre for further rescue and release back into the natural environment.
Philippine authorities said on February 7 that rescuers have rescued 45 survivors from a landslide a day earlier that buried estimated 86 people at a gold mine in the southern province of Davao de Oro.
The first phase of the Bear Rescue Centre Vietnam's second branch at Bach Ma National Park was inaugurated on November 17 in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue by the Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) and the Forest Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Authorities of the central city of Da Nang on October 29 successfully rescued a Russian tourist trapped at Suoi Mo – Khe Ram waterfall in Hoa Vang district.
Vessel SAR 412 of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre in Da Nang on September 29 safely brought ashore a Philippine crew member who met with an accident at sea.
The last body of the four victims killed in the July 30 landslide on Bao Loc Pass, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, was found at noon on July 31, local authorities reported.
Rescue vessels of the Marine Services Joint Stock Company under the Saigon Tan Cang Corporation and the Vietnam People’s Navy on July 10 took measures to help a Panamanian ship which has been stranded in the waters of the south-central province of Binh Thuan.
Immediately after two consecutive earthquakes hit on the evening of February 20 in Hatay, Turkey, relevant forces were put on alert. Local and international rescue teams, including from Vietnam, promptly arrived and began rescuing people in affected areas.
A team from the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) has immediately begun search and rescue efforts in Haci Omer Alpagot commune, Antakya city, Hatay province of Turkey, after their arrival in the locality in the afternoon of February 14.
The rescue mission of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security discovered and coordinated with international forces to rescue a victim trapped in the rubble caused by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey on February 11, the first day of their rescue operation in Adiyaman city.
A dolphin stranded in shallow water in the Co To island district, the northern province of Quang Ninh, was rescued and safely released back to sea on November 21.
