Two Vietnamese ships under the Coast Guard Region 1 Command, led by Senior Colonel Tran Van Tho, Deputy-Commander, Chief-of-Staff of Coast Guard Region 1, and two Chinese ships, headed by Mr. Liu Tianrong, Deputy-Chief of the Nanhai Division of the Chinese Coast Guard, joined the patrol.

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Two sides at the meeting

During the three-day mission, they patrolled nine locations in the shared fishery grounds in the Gulf of Tonkin, following a course with a total length of 227 nautical miles, checked fishing boats operating in the shared fishing grounds, exchanged experiences in conducting assigned tasks, and practiced search and rescue at sea.

In addition, the Vietnamese delegation disseminated the Vietnamese laws on fishing at sea, and offered national flags and life jackets to fishermen.

At the review meeting, the heads of the two sides agreed that the joint patrol helped maintain order and security in the sea, and facilitate legal fishing activities of fishermen in the shared maritime area in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Translated by Van Hieu