VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of vessels worth trillions of dong have become scrap iron and left useless in the East Sea, turning the sea into the trillion-of-dong refuse tip.

 Rescue operation for the Friday's shipwreck in waters between Malta and Italy which left more than 30 migrants dead were one of the toughest, a rescuer said on Saturday.

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade, and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) have warned of severe shortage of power during the next dry season as existing hydropower plants are now old and new ones have still not been constructed.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This morning, cargo ship Sima Saphire collided with a fishing vessel carrying 16 Vietnamese fishermen off the coast of Vung Tau. A body has been found; seven others are missing.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of the enterprises in the maritime transport, the industry which has great advantages to develop and receives big investments, have been on the verge of bankruptcy.

 Lives are still being lost as overloaded and old high-speed cargo and passenger boats sink while they travel along rivers and up and down the coastline throughout Viet Nam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In the afternoon of August 13, a limestone barge sank after a crash with a cargo ship in Nha Be River, HCM City. Four people on the barge were quickly rescued.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Four Indian naval ships carrying 1,200 officers and sailors will dock at the Tien Sa Port in Da Nang city to have exchange operations with Vietnam’s navy from June 4 to 8.

VietNamNet Bridge – At 11 on April 21, the destroyer with guided missiles of the U.S. Navy USS Chung-Hoon nd salvage ship USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52,) carrying 380 sailors, landed at the Tien Sa port in the central city of Da Nang.

The Ministry of Transport (MOT) believes that it would be better to demolish old ships and sell as scrap iron. However, the current laws don’t allow to do this.

The Vinashin ocean shipping company will be one of two subsidies of the Vietnam Maritime Corporation (Vinalines) that will be permitted to go bankrupt in the process of restructuring Vinalines.

After more than a year of being abandoned, the Speedy Falcon ship of the Oil and Gas Transport Company has been sold at the price equivalent to one-sixth of the original price and cheaper than the price for scrap.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly two months trapped in the port of Kolkata, India, the crew of Cai Lan 4 ship sent a letter home to ask for help, but Vinashinlines leaders could not help and told them to wait.

VietNamNet Bridge - A Malaysian cargo ship, with five sailors on board, was broken in half in the waters of Thua Thien - Hue province yesterday, December 24.

VietNamNet Bridge - On the way to Singapore to take oil, Vietnamese ship Nosco Victory has picked up 39 people adrift at sea after a ship from Bangladesh which carried more than 200 people sank.

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VietNamNet Bridge – India is far closer to Viet Nam and other ASEAN countries than people generally think, Indian Consul General Abhay Thakur has said.