Rear Admiral Nguyen Dinh Hung, Deputy Commander of the Vietnam People's Navy, paid a courtesy call on Admiral Datuk Zulhelmy Ithnain, Chief of the Royal Malaysian Navy in Kuala Lumpur on November 21.

The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and its Australian counterpart have launched a bilateral exercise at the Sepanggar naval base in Sabah state.

The Royal Malaysian Navy has been deployed to rescue 93 tourists stuck on Tioman island following bad weather and rough seas.

The missile frigate KD LEKIU and training ship GAGAH SAMUDERA of the Royal Malaysian Navy arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on November 25, beginning a four-day goodwill visit to Vietnam.

Security at all entry points nationwide, including rat trails, will be enhanced to ensure terrorists on the run from the authorities of the neighbouring countries do not infiltrate into Malaysia, said Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.