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A Vietnamese professor has pointed out the benefits of teaching medical knowledge to fishermen, describing this as an effective way of protecting their health, since they have to work at sea for several consecutive months in a harsh environment.

Some 1,400 passengers and crewmembers onboard the luxury liner Crystal Serenity arrived at Chan May port in the central province of Thue Thien-Hue on February 27.

A ceremony was held at Cam Ranh Port in the central province of Khanh Hoa to receive the HQ 182-Hanoi submarine.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi and other officials of the capital visited officers and sailors of Brigade 189 and those on the Hanoi submarine at the Cam Ranh port in coastal Khanh Hoa province on January 9.

Heavy lift vessel Rolldock Sea , carrying the first Kilo submarine Russia is building for Vietnam , arrived at the Cam Ranh port in central Khanh Hoa province, after a one-and-a half month voyage from St Petersburg .

A container aboard a Republic of Korea ship, which sank off the coast of Vung Tau following a collision, went up in smoke and burst into flames on November 9.

A collision between two foreign cargo ships occurred on the night of November 7 about two kilometres off the southern coastal city of Vung Tau. No causalities have been reported.

The French Gowind-class offshore patrol vessel, L’Adroit, commanded by naval lieutenant colonel Luc Regnier with a crew of 53, docked at the port of Hai Phong to start a six-day visit to the northern city of Hai Phong and other localities.

A Thai naval ship with a crew of 40 officers and 87 sailors on board docked Ho Chi Minh City’s port on May 17, beginning a five-day visit to Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 13 inspected the progress of Vietnam’s Kilo-class submarine, which is being tested in Kaliningrad, Russia.

Vietnam’s Government has promulgated a decree regulating the operation of foreign military ships arriving and departing from visits in the Southeast Asia country.

Nine foreign sailors were rescued by two Vietnamese fishing vessels 118 nautical miles off southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province at 7 am on November 21, said the National Committee for Search and Rescue Office.