PANO - Radar Regiment 351 of Naval Region 3 on January 9th marked the 40th anniversary of its traditional day and received the third class Fatherland Protection Order.

To meet the requirements of national protection in the current context, the Ministry of National Defence on May 14th, 2012 issued Decision 1543/QĐ-BQP to restructure radar units under the Navy. Accordingly, Battalion 351 was upgraded to Regiment 351.

Over the past 40 years of establishment and development, troops and defence workers of the unit have promoted self-reliance and solidarity, and overcome difficulties to effectively master military equipment, especially the modern, to timely and accurately discover unusual situations at sea, making contributions to firmly defending national sovereignty over sea and islands.

For its achievements, the regiment was presented with certificates of merits by the Prime Minister and leaders of the Ministry of Defence. Its radar station 535 received the title of “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces”.

Translated by Tran Hoai