Visayas State University Tolosa (VSU Tolosa) became the center of coastal capacity-building efforts in Eastern Visayas after successfully hosting a two-week hands-on training program that concluded with the turnover of 1.5 million pesos worth of fiberglass patrol boats to six municipalities in Leyte. 

Visayas State University (VSU) officials traveled to Belgium from May 3-11, 2025 to take part in a week-long series of meeting with Flemish universities under the Institutional University Cooperation (IUC) program of VLIRUOS, a move that brings VSU closer to securing one of the most competitive international academic partnerships open to institutions in the Global South.