There have been no reports of Vietnamese citizens as casualties in a recent devastating earthquake in Tibet, China, Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on January 9.

At least eight people have died, 18 others missing and 11 hospitalised over injury after a passenger ferry capsised in southern Myanmar.

The Ho Chi Minh City - Con Dao express boat service will be temporarily suspended from July 29 due to inefficient operation.

A rescue operation was launched by Philippine authorities on November 7 after a ferry with at least 60 people onboard capsized in rough seas.

The captain of a tourist ferry that caught fire on January 1, leaving 40 people dead or missing in Indonesia, was arrested on January 3 on charge of negligence.

Indonesian authorities said on January 1 that the fire of the Zahro Express ferry in the waters off North Jakarta in the morning of the first day of the New Year was likely be triggered by fire from its engine.

A ferry with 300 people aboard capsized in the northwestern Sagaing region, Myanmar, on October 15.