US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper on December 5 announced a new 12.5 million USD foreign assistance package to Vietnam, during a meeting with Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien at the Department of Fisheries Surveillance (DFIRES) Training Facility, Region 5 in Phu Quoc city, the southern province of Kien Giang.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has demanded that by November 20, all coastal localities must have thoroughly dealt with fishing vessels without registration, examination or licence as a critical step to battle illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and the Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on maritime law enforcement cooperation at a meeting in Hanoi on August 29.

Delegations of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) joined in an exchange on the VCG’s Vessel 8004 in the northern city of Hai Phong on August 28 as part of their first exchange programme on Party and political affairs.

Major General Vu Trung Kien, Deputy Commander in charge of law of the Vietnam Coast Guard and Vice Commandant Watanabe Yasunori of the Japan Coast Guard co-chaired the 10th bilateral meeting between the two forces in Tokyo on December 20.

A seminar between Vietnamese and Chinese young coast guard officers took place in Hanoi on August 24, as part of the third edition of their 2023 exchange programme.

Thailand’s cabinet on August 23 approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to be signed between the country and Vietnam on maritime law, said Rachada Dhnadirek, a deputy government spokeswoman.

An international seminar on the prospect of and solutions to maritime law enforcement in the East Sea was held in Ukraine on July 12.

The third ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) workshop on enhancing cooperation in maritime law enforcement was jointly held on March 16 and 17 by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the European Commission.

The second ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) workshop on enhancing regional cooperation in maritime law enforcement was held in the central city of Da Nang on March 12 and 13.

The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) workshop on enhancing maritime law enforcement was opened in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on January 18 with a view to boosting dialogue to ensure maritime security in the region.