RECORD DATE FOR DIVIDEND PAYMENT & ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING

On February 27th, HOSE announced the record date for dividend payment and annual shareholders’ meeting as follows: Name of the listed firm: Saigon Maritime JST Co. Ltd Stock symbol: SHC Stock type: Common stock Par value: VND10,000 Ex-right date: March 07th 2008 Record date: March 11th 2008 Purposes: Annual shareholders’ meeting: Time of the meeting: March 29th, 2008 Place of the meeting: Noticed later 2. Second Dividend payment 2007: Pay-out ratio: 8%/par value (VND 800/share) Payable date: April 02nd 2008 Shareholders whose shares have been deposited: receive dividend at the securities firms where shares have been deposited. Shareholders whose shares have not been deposited: receive dividend at Saigon Maritime – 422 Nguyen Tat Thanh St. Ward 18, Dist. 4 HCMC. Please submit ID or legal authorized letters (if any) Viet Nam Securities Depository – Hochiminh Branch will temporarily suspend the depository activities for SHC on March 10th, 11th & 12rd 2008.