Rear Admiral Hoang Hong Ha, Deputy Commander of the Navy, leaders of Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, Nam Dinh provinces and Khanh Hoa’s Cam Ranh City and representatives of naval units in the locality attended the event.

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Crew-members receive national flags and military flags.

Addressing the event, Rear Admiral Pham Van Hoanh, Commander of Naval Region 4 stressed that the operation of the two frigates demonstrated the strategic vision of the Party, State, Central Military Commission and Ministry of National Defense in building the Vietnam People’s Navy into a modern force and in protecting national sovereignty over seas and islands in the new period.

He asked troops of Brigade 162 in general and crew-members of the 015-Tran Hung Dao and 016-Quang Trung frigates to raise their political stance, revolutionary spirit and responsibilities and promote studying to master effectively the frigates and equipped weapons, making contributions to strengthening the combat strength of the Vietnam People’s Navy in protecting national sovereignty over seas and islands.

The operation of 015-Tran Hung Dao and 016-Quang Trung frigates marked the important development of the Vietnam People’s Navy in general and Naval Region 4 in particular and was an honor of naval troops and defense workers of Brigade 162 and crew-members on board the 015-Tran Hung Dao and 016-Quang Trung frigates.

After receiving the two frigates, under the auspices of Russian experts, troops of Brigade 162 and 015-Tran Hung Dao and 016-Quang Trung crew-members soon embraced technical features and master assigned technical equipment.

Translated by Tran Hoai