VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s sand resources are expected to be exhausted after 15 years. However, people are still wasting sand, and enterprises continue exporting sand.

VietNamNet Bridge – Maritime experts believe that sinking unused vessels instead of selling them as scrap iron will be the best solution for old, unused ships of Vinashin and Vinalines.

VietNamNet Bridge - In an international press conference held on Tuesday, Vietnamese officials released videos of Vietnamese ships being attacked by Chinese vessels which were on duty at an oil rig that was illegally built by China.

At a press conference last week, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Hong Truong said 90 percent of the ships that had anchored at overseas ports for a long time of the Vinasin Ocean Shipping Company or Vinashinlines were sold.

 VietNamNet Bridge – At 4am this morning, 60 border guards of Quang Ngai Province were mobilized to rescue a Panama cargo ship which was stranded at the sea of Ly Son Island, with two large holes in the body.

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more ports have been built over the last few years, which has led to the oversupply. A lot of ports have been operating at a moderate level because of the excess of supply over the demand.

"The crew is still provided with expenses for food and subsistence allowance from the VND200 billion loan of the Government, but wages and other things will be paid after the ships are solved," said the Deputy Minister of Transport.

A source from Admiralteyskie Verfi has confirmed that the first two submarines, in the total of six atomic submarines being built at this shipyard, will be transferred to Vietnam later this year or in early 2014.

The ships of the Vietnam Shipping Lines Corporation (Vinalines) that have anchored abroad for a long time are expected to be sold out in June to cover debts and pay the salaries for the crews.