At about 10:30 pm on February 12, VMRCC received an emergency call for help from ship SAO UNISON as a crew member Park Yechan suffered from acute appendicitis.

A ship from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (VMRCC) on October 20 provided first aid to critically-ill Chinese sailor on a Liberia-flagged vessel off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau before bringing him to the shore for further treatment.

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.

Vessel SAR 412 of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre on November 23 successfully saved 39 fishermen onboard a damaged fishing boat after towing it to the central province of Binh Dinh.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 17 issued a dispatch on search and rescue efforts for fishermen on two sunken fishing vessels in the Song Tu Tay Island.

The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre’s vessel SAR 412 on June 12 brought a sailor back to the central city of Da Nang for medical treatment.

A Philippine sailor who had fallen ill aboard a Panama-flagged cargo ship was brought ashore for treatment at a hospital in Nha Trang city in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on April 1 night.

A Philippine sailor who was seriously injured while working on a Panama cargo ship was brought ashore for treatment at a hospital in Nha Trang city in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on December 6.

Boat SAR 412 of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre on October 30 safely towed a fishing vessel with 13 fishermen onboard, which was in distress at sea off the coast of central Quang Tri province, to Da Nang city and handed over it to authorities.

Three fishermen and their vessel in distress at sea due to bad weather were saved and brought to central Da Nang city on late April 7 by a ship of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC).

A Bangladeshi sailor who suffered from chest pain while working at sea gained timely aid in central Khanh Hoa province on early March 30.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh visited the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) on February 8, stressing the need for improving the search, rescue, and sovereignty safeguarding capacity.

Eleven sailors and their fishing boat which had been drifting at sea for nearly a day were brought to safety by rescuers from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) on December 5 morning.

Vietnamese rescue ship SAR27-01 arrived at Nha Trang Port in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on February 6 noon, safely bringing ashore a Philippine sailor who had fallen ill aboard a Greece-registered vessel.

The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre on December 22 brought four injured seamen from a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel to the south-central province of Khanh Hoa’s general hospital.

Vietnam’s seaports handled an estimated over 689 million tonnes of cargo this year, up 4 percent annually, reported the Vietnam Maritime Administration.

The Vietnamese maritime search and rescue force on early June 13 successfully brought an injured seaman in a Liberian vessel to a hospital in the central city of Da Nang.

A 62 year-old sailor who went into coma while working on Panamanian ship Oriental Jade received timely treatment in Nha Trang after he was taken ashore by Vietnam MRCC on August 9.

A Chinese sailor suffering a stroke was saved off the southeastern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on July 23.

Four Vietnamese sailors on board a Taiwanese fishing vessel that sank near South Africa several days ago have been saved, the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre reported on July 11.