A Philippine sailor who was seriously injured while working on a Panama cargo ship was brought ashore for treatment at a hospital in Nha Trang city in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on December 6.
Boat SAR 412 of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre on October 30 safely towed a fishing vessel with 13 fishermen onboard, which was in distress at sea off the coast of central Quang Tri province, to Da Nang city and handed over it to authorities.
Three fishermen and their vessel in distress at sea due to bad weather were saved and brought to central Da Nang city on late April 7 by a ship of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC).
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh visited the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) on February 8, stressing the need for improving the search, rescue, and sovereignty safeguarding capacity.
Eleven sailors and their fishing boat which had been drifting at sea for nearly a day were brought to safety by rescuers from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) on December 5 morning.
The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre for Zone 3 has coordinated a rescue of 18 crew members of a sinking ship offshore the south central province of Binh Thuan.
Vietnamese rescue ship SAR27-01 arrived at Nha Trang Port in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on February 6 noon, safely bringing ashore a Philippine sailor who had fallen ill aboard a Greece-registered vessel.
The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre on December 22 brought four injured seamen from a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel to the south-central province of Khanh Hoa’s general hospital.
Vietnam’s seaports handled an estimated over 689 million tonnes of cargo this year, up 4 percent annually, reported the Vietnam Maritime Administration.
The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre for Zone 3 in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province said on April 30 that two of its rescue boats are searching for the remaining Indonesian sailor whose damaged boat drifted into waters off the coast of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang.
A Filipino sailor who lost consciousness while working on a Panamanian vessel was rescued early on April 23 by staff from the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) of Region 3 based in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
A Filippino sailor, who was hit by a stroke, was brought to shore by a ship of the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre for Region III on August 4 to receive medical attention.
Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the central city of Da Nang Ho Ky Minh on July 25 hosted a reception for crew members of Japanese Coast Guard Training Vessel Kojima which is on a four-day visit to Vietnam.
The Vietnamese maritime search and rescue force on early June 13 successfully brought an injured seaman in a Liberian vessel to a hospital in the central city of Da Nang.
The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) of Region 4 on November 29 brought a foreign sailor, who was in an occupational accident and suffered a fatal injury, to Nha Trang port of the central province of Khanh Hoa for treatment.
The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre for Zone 2 in the central coastal city of Da Nang has helped save the life of a Philippine sailor who had some health problems.
The Regional Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre No. 3 on December 9 took a foreign sailor seriously injured on board a Panama-flagged cargo ship off Vietnam’s territorial waters to hospital for treatment.