Seas and islands
Planting Trees for A Greener Truong Sa
Truong Sa island district in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa is located in a tropical climate zone, with harsh weather, strong winds all year round, and scarcity of land and fresh water, so growing trees is extremely difficult.
Seas and islands
Vietnam, Cambodia Navies To Coordinate to Ensure Sustainable Exploitation of Marine Resources
The Vietnam and Cambodia Navies will coordinate to urge fishermen to strictly comply with seafood fishing regulations.
Seas and islands
70 OVs Visit Truong Sa, DK-I rig on the 49th Anniversary of National Reunification
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recently coordinated with the Navy Command to send a delegation of overseas Vietnamese to Truong Sa Island District and the DK-I Rig House.
Mixed emotions of the return day
Four doors of the vessel’s cellars were nailed with full of 10 tons of fishes, Leo pushed the GPS machine, on which the screen show Sa Ky letter and shouted: “Thanks to Ba Cau for providing us lots of fishes, let’s go, brothers!”. The ship moved toward Sa Ky estuary. Reaching to the prow, I stood solemnly and greeted Trung Sa, after experience a lot of days looking forward to returning to my motherland.
Children who grow with the waves
On fishing boats floating in the waters of Hoang Sa Archipelagoes, there have been a number of teenage boys just in their 20s, however, gaining years of sailing experience. They are regarded as “the brairds of the ocean” who would follow the steps of their elders.
Ships going aground at sea
Quang Ngai's seafarers face trouble when they have been continuously bullied by foreign ships on the Hoang Sa's waters of our country. Many people fell into bankruptcy when going home because the ship had only a empty wooden shell.
In Photos: US Navy conducts show of power in the Indo-Pacific, another message to China
U.S. Navy aircraft and ships with the Reagan Carrier Strike Group conducted an air power demonstration over the Philippine Sea on Tuesday, Navy Times cited.
Vietnam wants early resumption of ASEAN-China talks on Bien Dong Sea code of conduct
Vietnam hopes for an early resumption of ASEAN-China negotiations on the Code of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea as requested by the Philippines last month.
Spokesperson: Vietnam welcomes countries’ stance on South China Sea (Bien Dong Sea) in line with int’l law
Vietnam welcomes other countries’ stance on the South China Sea (Bien Dong Sea) issue that conforms with international law.
Chinese media threatens to shoot down US MQ-9 Reaper drones
China will shoot down US warplanes, no matter they are unmanned or manned, the Global Times said after it was recently reported that the US military would send MQ-9 Reaper drones to launch attacks on three islands and reefs of Nansha, bombing runways and hangars.
The rage of the ocean
The sea is a place where evil storms suddenly flare up, and also the birthplace of many terrible storms. During this fateful voyage, the fishermen and I had a taste of the anger and cruelty of the sea as we had to cope with a terrible unseasonal thunderstorm.
China holds simultaneous military drills in four seas and Vietnam's response
China began five military exercises simultaneously along different parts of its coast on Monday (Sept 28), the second time in two months it will have such concurrent drills against a backdrop of rising regional tension.
Great battle against ocean's monsters
The sea hunters have, not a few times, been terrified by "monsters", which are the big fish. Many fishermen even had to pay by their own lives.
Net fishing flying fish on the sea
Flying fish are abundant across the country but mostly are “mẻng” flying fish. The bigger ones known as “cồ” flying fish, however, are only spotted off the shore of Dinh Tan village, Paracel Islands. Only local Dinh Tan villagers know where the large species of flying fish are to net them.
Meals on the waves of homeless lives
"The daily activities including eating and sleeping of 9 seafarers facing a lot of obstacles to survive together on about 4m2 cabin"
Vietnam pursues consistent policy of defending national territory
Prior to the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, hostile forces and opportunists have made up stories distorting issues concerning Vietnamese territories in order to sabotage the Party and State of Vietnam and disturb the peaceful life of the Vietnamese people.
500 hours afloat with fishermen: Part 1, Stormy adventure
I had had a “stormy” adventure with the fishermen of Dinh Tan village, Binh Chau commune, Quang Ngai to the Trung Sa area, which located in the Bien Dong Sea, about 1,000 km off the mainland. 500 hours afloat on the sea, I had witnessed the sea changing from gentleness, generosity to anger, and cruelty.
Chinese man fined for spreading incorrect Vietnamese map on Facebook
A 48-year-old Chinese man has been fined for posting a map that wrongfully depicts Vietnam’s national sovereignty, on Facebook.
China's responses to France-UK-Germany joint UN note against its claims in Bien Dong Sea
The legal battle in the South China Sea is not yet over, said Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao.
Over 100 Vietnamese return home illegally from China
As many as 107 Vietnamese were found illegally entering the country via northern Ha Giang province’s Meo Vac district that borders China from September 15-18,
Chinese vessels found fishing illegally in Vietnam’s waters
Border guards in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh have found two Chinese fishing boats which were operating illegally in Vietnamese waters.
US-China: Bien Dong Sea drills centered on submarine warfare, said Nikkei Asian Review
According to the Nikkei Asian Review, the US revealed its strategy to deal with China's submarine force, which is the main strength in Beijing's deterrent capacity in the Bien Dong Sea.
"Oral communication" ships amidst Bien Dong Sea
Each off-shore fishing boat is like a house, whose neighbors are sometimes one hundred miles away. Thanks to the "oral communication", the ships can help and support each other in hard times. "Oral communication" is interacting and exchanging between fishing vessels in the vast ocean.
