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A Vietnamese merchant ship was saved from robbery or kidnapping recently thanks to the Malaysian Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom), according to the country’s Bernama News Agency. ​

The border guard force in southern Soc Trang province rescued three Indonesian sailors on a drifting barge offshore on March 4.

Twenty-three Chinese tourists have been rescued after their boat sank off the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah, a local authority confirmed on January 29.

The central province of Phu Yen’s Border Guard Command on January 17 handed over two Filipino fishermen who were rescued in Vietnam’s sea to officials of the Philippines Embassy in Vietnam.

Two Philippine nationals were rescued at sea and brought ashore at Đông Tác fishing port in the south central coastal province of Phu Yen on January 9.

Two Philippine nationals were rescued at sea and brought ashore at Dong Tac fishing port in the south central coastal province of Phu Yen on January 9.

After 10 years of captivity, six Asian black bears have been rescued from a farm in Buon Ma Thuot City in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak Province.

Malaysian police on October 12 rescued 26 Vietnamese women from a brothel in Bandar Botanic, Klang, Kuala Lumpur.

Six pygmy slow lorises have been rescued by Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) after they had been available for sale online for three days.

Vietnamese shares struggled to rise on August 23 on late buying while foreign investors remained net sellers on fears of a US interest rate hike in September.

A Singaporean sailor who fell serious ill on the Cook Islands flagged vessel Sam Young offshore Central Da Nang city has been rescued by the city's maritime rescue force.

Animals Asia said it has successfully rescued a moon bear that had been kept in a cage for more than 10 years.

Malaysian authorities rescued 22 people, including 12 Chinese tourists early on June 24, about 16 hours after their catamaran capsized off Pulau Mantanani, according to the New Straits Times Online.

Forest wardens in the northern province of Ninh Binh have handed over 22 Sunda pangolins, also known as the Malayan or Java pangolin, to the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Programme.

Up to 40 wild animals transported to Hanoi from northern Lang Son province by two traders have been rescued thanks to help from Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV).

A whale stranded on the coast of Dien Thinh commune, Dien Chau district in the central province of Nghe An was rescued and safely released back to sea on May 25.

A Chinese fishing vessel in distress offshore Phu Loc district in central Thua Thien-Hue province was helped to anchor at the locality’s Chan May port on April 20, according to the local Border Guard.

Seven out of the nine fishermen on board the distressed boat QNg 98997TS in the central province of Quang Ngai were taken to the mainland safe and sound on March 18.

Five Vietnamese fishermen aboard the fishing boat KH 96640 TS which sank in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago waters have been rescued, the ship owner, Le Thi Hang said on March 10.

A total of 71 passengers have been saved from a ferry accident in the strait between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Java, but four are still unaccounted for, local officials said on March 4.