Vietnamese and Chinese coast guards conduct joint patrol

The Vietnamese side sent Ships CSB 8002 and CSB 8004 and a delegation of the Coast Guard Region 1 Command, headed by its Deputy Commander Senior Colonel Luong Cao Khai, to the patrol.

Leaders of the Vietnamese and Chinese coast guard forces in a joint photo on Ship 4301

The Chinese side deployed Ships 4301 and 4203 and a delegation of the China Coast Guard’s Nanhai bureau, led by its Deputy Head Liu Tianrong, to the event.

In his greeting message to the Chinese side, Senior Colonel Luong Cao Khai stressed that the joint patrol demonstrates the close coordination between the two countries’ maritime law enforcement forces in the Gulf of Tonkin. The activity is also seen as a bright spot in the maritime law enforcement cooperation in the region, contributing to cultivating the traditional friendship between Vietnam and China and jointly building the Gulf of Tonkin into the waters of peace, stability, and respect for the law.

The two countries’ coast guards before the talks

Senior Colonel Luong Cao Khai delivers greetings to the Chinese coast guards via a telephone line.

During the joint patrol, the Vietnamese and Chinese coast guard forces will hold talks to exchange information; check trawlers’ fishing activities in the adjacent waters; conduct information dissemination among fishermen about law observance while fishing at sea.

Crew-members conducting saluting ceremony

On the occasion, the Vietnam Coast Guard has established an inter-sectoral working group to supervise the Vietnamese fishing boats’ fishing operations, and encourage fishermen to obey legal regulations and the European Commission (EC)’s recommendations on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

As scheduled, the joint patrol will last until December 1.

Translated by Quynh Oanh