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The Vietnam Fisheries Society (VINAFIS) has voiced its objection to China’s unilateral fishing ban in the East Sea for 2023.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu is determined to join the entire Vietnam in combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and sustainably developing the fisheries sector for the sake of people and the country, Chairman of its People’s Committee Pham Van Thieu has said.

A mobile exhibition of maps and materials testifying to Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa was opened by authorities of the central province of Quang Tri on March 22.

Thirty five years ago, 64 naval engineers and soldiers bravely sacrificed their lives in a battle to protect the Gac Ma, Co Lin, and Len Dao Reefs in Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago. The soldiers and their sacrifice have remained in the hearts of Vietnamese people.

With many strong measures taken, the central province of Quang Ngai has obtained encouraging results in the combat against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, especially the improvement in fishermen’s awareness.

Vietnam rejects the so-called “nine-dash line” and maritime claims that run counter to international laws, particularly the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang reiterated on August 25.

A delegation of foreign military attachés visited Brigade 147 of Naval Region 1, based in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, on August 9, the Quan doi Nhan dan (People's Army) daily reported.

A company in the northern province of Hai Duong has been found hanging a world map that breaches Vietnam’s sea, island sovereignty.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue presided over a meeting between the NA’s Party Delegation and the Standing Board of the Khanh Hoa provincial Party Committee in Hanoi on March 29.

Many concerted and drastic measures have been taken by the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang since the beginning of 2021 to promote offshore fishing, prevent illegal seafood exploitation, and sustainably develop the fisheries industry, according to a local official.

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.

Vietnam is striving to produce about 3,000 - 5,000 MW of offshore wind power by 2030 and 21,000 MW by 2045.

Over the two years of enforcement, the Law on the Vietnam Coast Guard has proved to be a “sharp tool” for implementing law at sea.

Photographers are being invited to send entries to a national fine art photo competition and exhibition on Vietnamese sea and islands newly launched by the Party Central Committee’s Commission of Popularisation and Education.

Some of the islands in the Truong Sa archipelago have been equipped with special shelter areas considered “common homes” at sea for fishermen to stay safe amid storms and access fishery logistics services, and which also help safeguard Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty.

Whenever March comes, people across Vietnam turn their hearts to Gac Ma Reef of Truong Sa archipelago, a sacred territorial part of the Fatherland, to pay tribute to officers and soldiers who heroically fought until their last breath for the country’s maritime sovereignty.

A book on Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelagoes has been translated into Japanese by Professor Kazutaka Hashimoto from the Kanto Gakuin University and released in the country.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan visited the High Command of Military Region 3 and the Vietnam People’s Navy in the northern city of Hai Phong on December 20.

A programme was launched in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on August 1 to promote the Vietnamese naval force’s support for fishermen at sea.

Two entries from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) have won the Excellent Press Award of the East Sea Studies Awards 2018 organised by the Foundation for East Sea Studies (FESS).