Việt Nam News

Research has revealed the value of the Lý Sơn Islands and of Sa Huỳnh Culture as well as archaeological sites and relics.

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

On the Spratly’s, there are two seasons a year – the dry season from January to May and the rainy season for the rest of the year. Growing vegetables on submerged coral islands depends heavily on the weather.

A Việt Nam News reporter attends two ceremonies commemorating naval soldiers who fell while defending Việt Nam’s maritime sovereignty and continental shelf.

Coral reefs cover less than 2% of the ocean floor but provide shelter for about one-quarter of ocean species. Marine experts at Côn Đảo National Park are trying to save the ecosystem.

Socio-economic development activities and climate change impact are having an adverse effect on marine economic development, Ngô Tùng Lâm of the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) said at a seminar held in HCM City last Friday (March 29).

Đào Đặng Công Trung, 41, has worked as a voluntary trash collector in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve in the central city of Đà Nẵng over the past decade since he was captivated by the beauty of the reserve.

A group of 500 volunteers from the group for Lý Sơn No Plastic Waste and local islanders joined a beach clean-up activity yesterday.

Resorts and hotels on the Côn Đảo Islands off the southern coastal province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu are hiring hundreds of employees for various positions earlier than usual this year because of the increasing number of tourists.

The management board of the Cham Islands Marine Protected Area has released a rare sea turtle that was accidentally caught by a local fisherman back into its natural habitat.

Coral reefs have been revived on an area of 2,000sq.m in water off the Chàm Island Maritime Protected Area (MPA) after a pilot project that ran from 2015-17.

ASEAN has applied various strategies to boost tourism. The unique cultures and diverse models of eco-tourism, recreational activities and travel options have made the region a top choice for tourists all over the world. Lê Hương reports.

Nha Trang is gearing up for the 2019 National Touridm Year themed "Nha Trang — Colour of the Sea". Bùi Quỳnh Hoa shares her trip to Tứ Bình, four wild and amazing islands (including Bình Ba, Bình Hưng, Bình Tiên and Bình Lập) in the southern central province of Khánh Hòa.

With a shared love of the sea, the six-member SaSa team has built up a network of marine species rescue centres from Đà Nẵng to Quảng Ngãi to protect endangered ocean creatures like turtles, dolphins, sharks and whales. Hoài Nam reports.