The southern province of Kien Giang welcomed over 3.1 million tourists in the first quarter of 2025, achieving 28.4% of this year's target and marking a 13.7% increase from 2024.

A fisherman from central Quang Ngai province was given emergency treatment for severe respiratory distress at the Song Tu Tay island infirmary in Truong Sa distrct, the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on March 11, after falling ill while fishing at sea.

Measures to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and preparations for the upcoming inspection by the European Commission (EC) were discussed at a conference organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in the south-central coastal province of Phu Yen on February 27.

The Standing Board of Quang Ninh province’s Party Committee has agreed to submit a proposal to the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat for feedback on the draft plan to build a pilot mechanism and policy for the development of the Van Don Economic Zone.

Authorities in the Mekong Delta are implementing various programmes to grow mangrove forests to protect coastal areas and improve the incomes of local people.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has approved the construction of a massive 700-km sea wall stretching from Banten to East Java, the President's Special Envoy for Climate and Energy Hashim Sujono Djojohadikusumo announced recently.

The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and its Chinese counterpart on December 24 conducted the fourth joint patrol in the northern waters of the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of Mong Cai city in the northern province of Quang Ninh and Dongxing city in China's Guangxi province.

As a coastal nation with more than 3,260 kilometres of coastline and thousands of islands, Vietnam’s commitment to responsible implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is in line with the country’s thorough foreign policy, stated Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, and Politburo member, Director of the Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s Commission for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi co-chaired the 16th meeting of the Vietnam-China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation in Beijing on December 10.

The northern port city of Hai Phong is intensifying concerted measures to join the nationwide effort in the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing so as to soon get the European Commission (EC)’s "yellow card" warning against Vietnamese seafood removed.

Phu Quoc, the only Vietnamese destination to make the list of the top islands in the world according to the globally renowned travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller in its 2024 Readers' Choice Awards, was ranked second among the top 10 best islands in Asia.

Malaysia and the Philippines are committed to ongoing negotiations to establish a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).