October 23, 2018 | 21:09 (GMT+7)
Vietnam, China coast guards to conduct joint patrol
PANO – Ships CSB 8003 and CSB 8004 of the Coast Guard Region 1 Command under the Vietnam Coast Guard on October 22 left for the second Vietnam-China joint fishery patrol in the shared fishing grounds in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Senior Colonel Tran Van Tho, Deputy-Commander and Chief-of-Staff of the Coast Guard Region 1 Command headed the mission.
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The joint patrol will take place along nine agreed-upon locations in the joint fishing grounds. |
The joint patrol will take place along nine agreed-upon locations in the joint fishing grounds.
The two sides are expected to hold talks, checked fishing boats operating in the shared fishing grounds, exchanged experiences in conducting assigned tasks, and practiced search and rescue for their distressed fishermen at sea.
In addition, the two coast guard forces will release over 50,000 fries at their first patrol stop, near Vietnam’s Bach Long Vy island.
Translated by Van Hieu