Vessel 286 – Le Quy Don departs for Indonesia and Singapore

According to Senior Captain Nguyen Duc Nam, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Naval Academy and head of the mission, the voyage of the 286 – Le Quy Don this time aims to enhance abilities to master weapons and equipment of senior naval cadets before their graduation.

Besides training activities, the vessel will also visit and hold exchanges with the naval forces of Indonesia and Singapore in order to foster and strengthen friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation between the Vietnam People’s Navy in particular and Vietnamese military in general and the navies and armed forces of Indonesia and Singapore, for the sake of peace, stability and development in the region.

As scheduled, the voyage is scheduled to last from April 15 to May 18 and cover a distance of nearly 2,500 nautical miles.

The People’s Army Newspaper would like to present a number of images recorded at the departure ceremony.

The mission offers incense to Grand Duke Tran Quoc Tuan in front of his statue in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province.

Rear Admiral Nguyen Van Lam, Director of the Vietnam Naval Academy, presents flowers to Senior Captain Nguyen Duc Nam, head of the mission.

Leaders of the Vietnam Naval Academy congratulate members of the mission before departure.

Rear Admiral Nguyen Van Lam assigns tasks to the mission.

Members of the mission bid farewell to the mainland.

Troops on the quay see off the mission.

Senior Lieutenant Cao Xuan Long, Captain of the 286 – Le Quy Don, and crew-members sail the vessel off to the sea.

Translated by Huu Duong