MND leader works with Coast Guard Command

General Giang delivering a speech at the meeting

At the meeting, General Giang acknowledged and applauded the coast guard force for their good task performance over the past years. He highlighted the command’s Party committee and Chain-of-command’s direction in embracing the Central Military Commission’s resolution on leading the implementation of military-defense missions in 2017, its strict observation of all-level duties and combat readiness posture as well as flexibly handling any circumstances, even unexpected ones.

As reported, coast guard units conducted a number of patrols at sea, finding thousands of violations of foreign fishing boats, making thousands of orders to violating vessels to depart Vietnamese waters and releasing 168 ships which had been arrested. They also found and dealt with 686 cases of smuggling and trade fraud at sea, seizing heroin, oil, coal and ores of different kinds.

In the year, the Coast Guard Command tasked 40 ships to search and rescue missions, saving 228 people, finding 14 bodies and towing ashore 12 distressed ships.

In conclusion, General Giang asked the command to pay more attention to building a firm political stance for its troops, promoting training to improve the staff’s expertise and professionalism, including mastering new weapons and technical equipment and improving their foreign language skills, and effectively managing and fully utilizing new barracks.

Translated by Mai Huong