Half of seas, islands to be surveyed by 2030

The surveys will be run by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment with support of ministries of finance, planning and investment, national defence, science and technology.

VN, China hold talks on less sensitive marine cooperation areas The Việt Nam-China working group on cooperation in less sensitive sea-related areas held the 13th round of negotiations in HCM City on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Việt Nam attends int’l law development conference in Indonesia Việt Nam is joining 22 countries and territories at a conference on international law development in Asia held in Indonesia from October 14 to 18.

Bình Định refuses to dump waste mud into local sea Việt Nam Maritime Administration (Vinamarine) has signed an agreement not to dump 300,000cu.m of waste mud into the sea and instead use it for another project.

UNCLOS 1982 remains a framework for legal order for the seas and oceans

Dr. Lê Thị Tuyết Mai, a member of the Executive Board of the Việt Nam Society of International Law, Chair of Việt Nam Lawyers Association Branch at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General of the Department of International Law and Treaties, wrote an article entitled “UNCLOS 1982: Overarching framework for establishing the legal order for the seas and oceans, promoting development and cooperation at sea".

Vietnamese Navy to be prepared in all circumstances

Political Commissar, Rear Admiral Phạm Văn Vững from the Việt Nam People’s Navy talks to Vietnam News Agency on the application of historical lessons obtained 55 years ago from the first victories the navy has made in the Gulf of Tonkin to today’s context of national defence.

Formosa meets standard three years after pollution incident: environment ministry Deputy environment minister Võ Tuấn Nhân said inspections showed the steelmaker had completed most of the improvement work to its wastewater treatment system demanded by the Government.

PM talks to Japanese media on Japan visit, G20 Summit This is the fourth time in more than 10 years Việt Nam has been invited to the G20 summit.

Chàm Island successfully protect biodiversity1

Local fisherman Huỳnh Tấn Lộc now earned his living mostly from home-stay and cuisine service or night-fishing on boat rather than fishing.

Canada to ban single-use plastics from 2021 Canada will ban single-use plastics from 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday, declaring it a "global challenge" to phase out the plastic bags, straws and cutlery clogging the world's oceans.