The Vietnamese Embassy in the Philippines has contact with authorised local agencies to verify the information of six Vietnamese sailors’ kidnap and seek measures to rescue the victims.
Pirates attacked a Vietnamese cargo ship and kidnapped six out of its 19 crewmembers off the Philippines' Basilan island on November 11, said the Vietnam Maritime Administration.
A China Coast Guard ship with 101 officers and crewmembers aboard docked at Chua Ve port in the north-eastern city of Hai Phong on November 10, starting its four-day visit to the city.
Luxury cruise ship Genting Dream arrived at Nha Trang Bay, the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on November 9, bringing more than 2,000 visitors to Nha Trang city.
Vietnam’s diplomatic staff have met the three Vietnamese nationals, who are among sailors held hostage by Somali pirates from 2012 and recently rescued, and they are expected to return home soon.
Typhoon Mirinae, the first to hit Vietnam this year, has caused human and property damage in the north of the country after it rolled into the mainland from the midnight of July 27.
Officials from the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand on July 11 worked with the police in Thailand’s Songkhla province on protection procedures for 15 fishermen who have been detained since July 8.
Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh came to the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi on July 6 to thank China for assisting Vietnam in the search and rescue work in the incident involving CASA-121 aircraft.
Authorities of Ha Tinh province issued on July 1 temporary policies supporting coastal residents affected by the recent mass fish deaths, only one day after the incident’s cause was announced.
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on June 29 extended a message of condolences to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc over the SU 30MK2 and CASA 212 military aircraft accidents.
The Prime Minister has decided to grant 10 martyrs who died during the SU 30MK2 and CASA 212 aircraft accidents certificates recognising their contributions to the nation.
Search and rescue forces found the two black boxes of the missing rescue aircraft CASA 212 at 26 nautical miles south-southeast of Bach Long Vi Island of northern Hai Phong city on June 27.
The Indonesia Ministry of Transport on June 24 announced a ban to the country’s vessels from sailing to the Philippines after seven Indonesian sailors were kidnapped in the southern Philippines waters
The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence have announced the initial outcomes of the search and rescue operations for the SU30 MK2 and CASA 212 aircraft.
Two more bodies, likely to be CASA 212 crewmembers, were found at the scene where the rescue aircraft crashed near Bach Long Vi island of northern Hai Phong city on the morning of June 24.
Head of the Vietnamese delegation to the UN, Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, has called on the world community to actively build a feasible international mechanism to ensure the rights of fishermen.
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