November 22, 2017 | 21:10 (GMT+7)
Frigate 012-Ly Thai To joins AMNEX-1’s field exercise at sea
PANO - Fourteen surface ships, two sea-patrol helicopters and five other helicopters of nine ASEAN Navies on November 21 jointly conducted a field exercise at sea within the framework of AMNEX-1. Frigate 012-Ly Thai To of the Vietnam People’s Navy is in Tactical Group 1.
At the field exercise at sea
At 7am, Frigate 012-Ly Thai To and
other ASEAN naval ships expeditiously carried out contents of the exercise.
Accordingly, the ships moved from Pattaya
Bay to the point of
intended movement (PIM) to build up the formation for aerial photography
(PHOTEX) and join the maneuvering exercise (MANEX). Then, ships gradually moved
to their new positions to form the fan shape around Ship KD Lekiu of Malaysia. The
formation broke and formed the shape of number 50 in celebration of the 50th
anniversary of ASEAN establishment.
Other contents of the exercise were
conducted as planned, including maritime interception of illegal activities at
sea, supply at sea, airborne supply, and naval information and communication
activities.
The field exercise was conducted
along the distance of more than 100 nautical miles. Frigate 012-Ly Thai To and
other ASEAN naval ships successfully fulfilled all the exercise contents,
meeting all requirements, ensuring safety for both personnel and equipment.
After the exercise, the ship returned to Chuk-Samet port for docking.
A meeting was held on November 22
for participating forces to consider lessons learnt. The closing ceremony of
AMNEX-1 was held on the same day at the Fleet Training
Center at Chuk-Samet
port.
Translated by Huu Duong