Chief of Malaysia’s civil aviation authority Azharuddin Abdul Rahman resigned on July 31 after an investigation report on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 showed lapses by the air traffic control centre in Kuala Lumpur.
Indonesian authorities are stepping up efforts to rescue hundreds of trekkers who are trapped on Mount Rinjani after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the tourist island of Lambok in West Nusa Tenggara.
The US Navy’s hospital ship USNS Mercy left the port of Nha Trang on June 2 after two-week mission in Nha Trang, the central coast province of Khanh Hoa as part of the Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18) since May 17.
Indonesian and Australian senior officials have agreed to promote stability in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific during their bilateral meeting on the sideline of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney from March 17-18.
Measures to promote cooperation between India’s eastern and northeastern regions and eastern countries were discussed at a workshop in Odisha state, India, from March 16-18.
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang highlighted the formation of new security and development space linking Indian Ocean, Asia and the Pacific with closer economic, political and cultural connectivity
The Malaysian Government signed a deal with US-based Ocean Infinity in a new attempt to search for the missing Malaysian Airlines aircraft MH370 in which the firm will receive up to 70 million USD if it finds the jet.
Malaysia has signed an agreement with Ocean Infinity, a US-based private search company, to resume the search for MH370 plane which went missing with 239 people on board in 2014.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc has affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to cooperation between Mekong countries and the Republic of Korea (RoK).
Up to 80 percent of Thailand’s tsunami warning system needs maintenance work after more than 10 years of working, the country’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on July 31.
The first Summit of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) is scheduled to take place in Indonesia on March 7 to promote navigation cooperation for peace, stability and prosperity in the region.
Vietnam plans to invest in its transport infrastructure comprehensively while linking development strategies among sectors in order to develop a multi-modal transport environment, making the country the gateway connecting Southeast Asia to the Indian Ocean.
Malaysia confirmed on October 7 that the aircraft piece found in Mauritius was of the MH370 flight of Malaysia Airlines that went missing in March 2014.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Thai counterpart Prayut Chan-o-cha agreed to enhance cooperation in defence and security during their talks in New Delhi on June 17.
Two years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared, answers remain elusive with international investigators yet to arrive at a conclusion over what happened to the jet.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told the press on August 6 that the debris found near the French island La Reunion in the Indian Ocean belonged to the MH370 plane.
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