Vietnamese Coast Guard

Ahead of the deployment for missions to prevent and combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing during the 2026 Lunar New Year, Major General Nguyen Van Dung visited, encouraged, and assigned tasks to officers and personnel aboard vessel KN-373, underscoring their sense of responsibility, political resolve, and determination to uphold the rule of law at sea.

Earlier this week, in Nui Thanh, a delegation of the Philippine Coast Guard visited and exchanged with officers and soldiers of the Coast Guard Region 2 Command.

The Vietnam Coast Guard has brought ashore a Filippino sailor who fell ill aboard a China Hong Kong-flagged vessel off the coast of southern Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.

It is said that the last Hamilton-class cutter of the US - Douglas Munro - would be transferred to Vietnam after it is retired at the end of this month.