Themed “Accelerating action and mobilising all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean," the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) is taking place from June 9 to 13, 2025 in Nice, France, with 10 plenary sessions and thematic dialogues.

Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang has hailed the United Nations' adoption of the agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (the high seas treaty).

The national report on the maritime and insular environment in the 2016 - 2020 period is a basis for devising orientations and solutions for effectively managing, preventing, and minimising marine pollution.

The central province of Ninh Thuan has considered the conservation and sustainable development of marine biodiversity and the rational exploitation of marine resources as one of the priority tasks in its socio-economic development strategy, given the province's rich biodiversity with hundreds of marine species of economic and conservation value.

The plenary and closing session of the 30th meeting of state parties to the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) took place at the UN headquarters in New York on December 9 with the participation of nearly 120 member states.

Marine pollution will culminate in the degradation of marine biodiversity, especially coral reefs which cover about 1,122 sq.km. of seabed off the country’s coast.

Vietnamese and Russian scientists met in Nha Trang city on December 22 to review their one-month voyage to survey marine biodiversity in the sea of Vietnam’s central region.

Experts are urging the building of a master plan on preserving marine biodiversity in its true sense to improve the efficiency of the work in the country.