Migrant vessel sinks off Malaysia-Thailand border, hundreds missing
World 17:21 09/11/2025KUALA LUMPUR - Hundreds were missing on Sunday after a boat sank near the Thailand-Malaysia border, as 10 survivors and one body were recovered, the Malaysian maritime authority said.
Ho Chi Minh City probes sinking of fishing boats after collision with foreign cargo ship
Ho Chi Minh City 13:35 02/11/2025The Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard Command said on Sunday that a foreign cargo ship has been required to anchor for investigation following a collision that caused the sinking of two local fishing vessels off the coast of Vung Tau.
9 rescued from 2 sinking boats in southern Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:56 29/07/2025Nine fishermen were safely rescued after two squid fishing boats sank in rough seas in An Giang Province, southern Vietnam, an officer from the Nam Du Border Guard Station said on Monday evening.
Two fishermen missing in fishing boat sinking off north-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 16:18 17/05/2021Three fishermen were rescued while two others remain missing following the shipwreck off Quang Tri Province
Can Tho City in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta sinks at alarming rate
Vietnam News 16:12 24/03/2021Satellite image analytics suggested that the city is sinking more than five centimeters per year
US Defense Department ‘greatly concerned’ by China’s sinking of Vietnamese fishing boat
Vietnam News 14:44 10/04/2020This is the second statement of concern the U.S. has released regarding the incident
US ‘seriously concerned’ by China’s sinking of Vietnamese fishing boat
Vietnam News 14:52 07/04/2020The U.S. Department of State said in a statement on Monday that it was seriously concerned by the incident
Fast-sinking Ho Chi Minh City seeks to end groundwater extraction
Vietnam News 16:20 19/10/2019Around 100,000 wells are pumping up nearly 700,000 cubic meters of groundwater every day in Ho Chi Minh City
80m section of national highway sinks into river in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Vietnam News 18:22 01/08/2019No one was harmed as the subsidence happened early in the morning
National highway at risk of sinking in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Vietnam News 20:00 29/07/2019The situation is attributed to a change in river flow and weak ground
Da Nang exhibits fishing boat sunk by China off Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago
Vietnam News 16:33 30/05/2019The boat was operating in Vietnamese waters when it was sunk by a Chinese vessel on May 26, 2014
Experts discuss solutions to subsidence in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 18:02 22/08/2018Subsidence is in its initial stages, but serious consequences will ensue if prompt measures are not taken
