Dr. Gerhard Will, a German expert on the East Sea, has said that China should quit its militarisation in the East Sea and show its willingness and cooperation capacity in security and economy

Five Vietnamese sailors went missing as a fishing boat carrying eight crew members caught fire in waters off the resort island of Jeju of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on March 4, reported Yonhap News Agency.

A fishing boat of the island district of Ly Son in July 11 morning rescued 32 foreign fishermen who were in distress at sea, according to Nguyen Quoc Chinh, head of the fisheries trade union in An Hai commune.

Eleven fishermen were rescued while five others are still missing after their fishing boat sank yesterday in the Soai Rap River near HCM City and TienGiang Province, according to local rescue officials.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A fishing boat with a 38-member crew, which drifted for several days in the East Sea, reached Nha Trang Port in central Viet Nam at midnight yesterday, June 10.

Rubbish has been flooding the Hoang Truong fishing port in Hoang Hoa district of Thanh Hoa province, while the beach with its wonderful landscape has become badly polluted.

 A fishing boat of Quang Ngai province has been chased after and seriously damaged by a Chinese vessel at Vietnam’s traditional fishing ground near the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fishing boat DNa 90152, which was rammed and sunk by a Chinese ship while conducting its regular operations in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa fishing grounds, was successfully salvaged on June 2.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese fishermen who were held by Australian sea police for nearly three months arrived at Tan Son Nhat Airport, Ho Chi Minh City, on Tuesday.

 Pho Thach Fishing Wharf is located in Duc Pho District, Quang Ngai Province. It is the place where nearly 1,500 fishing boats with a total capacity of 260,000 CV come to anchor after fishing trips in Truong Sa and Hoang Sa Archipelagoes.

 VietNamNet Bridge - On August 12, the border guard forces of the southern-most province of Ca Mau called for local fishermen to trace a strange ship which attacked and shot a fisherman dead on August 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While fishing near the Me Island in Tinh Gia district, Thanh Hoa province, a vessel suddenly exploded, throwing seven fishermen into the sea. One of them died.

"After being shot, and perhaps will still be shot, what is your future plan?" "I will fix the boat and continue fishing in the old places. If we meet Chinese vessels and are driven away, we will run and then return...," said a fisherman.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Danzhou fishing fleet with 24 vessels of Hainan province, China on the morning of May 6 departed a local fishing port to the Truong Sa fishing ground of Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Instant noodle packs, clothes, fishing tools... were tattered and burned after the fishing boat of Mr. Phai, a fisherman from Quang Ngai province, was shot by Chinese ships.

VietNamNet Bridge – What principles of international law were broken by China with its behavior towards a Vietnamese fishing vessel in the waters of Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago?

In 2012, the Border Guard Command of Da Nang City discovered 717 Chinese fishing boats encroaching in Vietnam’s waters, according to a report of the Border Guard Command and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Da Nang.

VietNamNet Bridge - While fishing tuna in the Truong Sa (Spratly) waters, some fishermen from the central province of Phu Yen rescued four Filipinos in distress at sea.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over the past three days, hundreds of offshore fishing boats have returned home from the waters of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa, to welcome the lunar New Year.