The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (Vietnam MRCC), home of the orange-shirted soldiers, carries the mission of protecting fishermen at sea and international vessels sailing through Vietnamese waters.

Vietnam News Today (Nov. 21): State President confident of stronger Vietnam – Japan relations; Vietnam logs 274 new Covid-19 cases on November 20; Vietnam and Japan sign cooperation agreement on promoting cuisine; Sick sailor of foreign ship saved in Vietnamese waters.

New administrative units China set up for Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes are seen as helping to tighten control and help allocate resources and manpower, The South China Morning Post reported on April 18.