A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) on October 10 provided first aid to a critically-ill Philippine fisherman on a Palau-flagged vessel off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau before bringing him to shore for further treatment.
The 10th meeting of the Vietnam-Philippines Joint Permanent Working Group on Maritime and Ocean Concerns (JPWG-MOC) took place in Ha Long City, the northern province of Quang Ninh on May 15-16.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has instructed its Consular Department to contact the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam and ask for support in assisting the Vietnamese citizens among the over 1,000 forced labourers recently rescued in Pampanga province of the archipelago nation.
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan laid flowers at the President Ho Chi Minh Monument in ASEAN Garden in Manila on June 30, as part of her working visit to the Philippines.
A Filipino fisherman was saved by a ship of the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance (VFRS) on November 9 night while drifting in the area of the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands.
A Filipino sailor who lost consciousness while working on a Panamanian vessel was rescued early on April 23 by staff from the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) of Region 3 based in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s Border Guard Command and the provincial Department of Home Affairs transferred a sailor found adrift at sea to the Philippine Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on April 16.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on August 20 presented certificates of merit to nine fishermen in Go Cong town for saving 22 Philippine sailors who met an accident at sea.
A Filippino sailor, who was hit by a stroke, was brought to shore by a ship of the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre for Region III on August 4 to receive medical attention.
A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnam-Philippines Friendship Association (VPFA) led by its President Vu Van Tam paid a visit to the Philippines from June 12 to 17.
Busts of the founder of modern Vietnam President Ho Chi Minh and the Philippines’ national hero Jose Rizal were unveiled at Thai Nguyen University in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on May 2.
The police of Vietnam and the Philippines have worked together on the trans-national case trafficking 300 kilos of drugs in Vietnam and seized 276 kilos more in the Philippines.
A Philippine sailor suffering from accidental electrocution while in the sea was brought to a hospital in Nha Trang city, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, in early morning of March 10.
The first direct flight linking Hanoi to the Philippines’ capital Manila will take off on March 31, aiming to promote tourist exchange between the two countries, Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced at a meeting with media in Hanoi on January 31.
The Philippines Airlines (PAL) direct route linking Hanoi and Manila, scheduled to be launched on April 1, will help enhance ties between Vietnam and the Philippines.
Vietnam strongly condemns the terror bomb attacks on a Catholic cathedral in Jolo island city in the southern Philippine province of Sulu on January 27, spokesperson of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang has stated.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong sent his condolences on January 28 to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte over the twin terror bomb attack at a cathedral in Jolo Island, Sulu province that occurred the previous day.
The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) of Region 4 on December 30 brought four Philippine sailors, who were injured while working onboard a foreign vessel to Nha Trang port in the central province of Khanh Hoa for treatment.
The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre for Zone 2 in the central coastal city of Da Nang has helped save the life of a Philippine sailor who had some health problems.
Philippine authorities have exhumed a cadaver that was supposed to be the body of Pham Minh Tuan, captain of ship Royal 16 who was kidnapped in the Philippines on November 11, 2016.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the Philippines has repatriated the body of a Vietnamese sailor who died of illness after being rescued from militant group Abu Sayyaf.
