May 29, 2019 | 20:34 (GMT+7)
Coast guard unit promoted to brigade
PANO – The Coast Guard Region 2 Command held a ceremony to announce a decision on promoting Flotilla 201 to Brigade 21 in Quang Nam province on May 28.
This decision is followed by a project of the Defense Ministry on building a revolutionary, regular, elite and modern coast guard force so as to well exercise law enforcement at sea and maintain maritime security and order.
In his remarks, Major General Pham Kim Hau, Deputy Commander and Chief of the Staff of the Vietnam Coast Guard, asked the Party Committee and chain-of-command of Brigade 21 to soon strengthen its staff and carefully prepare barracks and training facilities to fulfill its assigned tasks.
Translated by Van Hieu