Vietnam’s naval ship HQ 012-Ly Thai To (Illustrative photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam People’s Navy carried out all solutions it hasset to consolidate soldiers and officers’ political and ideological firmnessand strengthen training to enable its force to fit a variety of tasks,especially combat readiness on ships, in islands, and off-shore platforms.
The Vietnam People’s Navy reported its performance in 2017 at a pressconference held in Hanoi on February 6.
Thenavy has maintained its regular patrols at sea ports and on territorial seas topromptly notice and deal with any emerging problems and operations conducted byforeign countries, helping firmly maintain the peaceful environment, therelations with other countries, and political stability in the country.
Attentionwas also given to logistics activities and the modernisation of weapon andother specialised equipment, heard the conference.
Searchand rescue missions were also a highlight of the force in 2017, with 160campaigns launched and 7,000 personnel deployed. These helped save 85 people onislands and off-shore platforms, and 190 people in distress at sea, and support200 ships to reach safe shelters during stormy seasons.
Thenavy has made efforts in boosting bilateral and multilateral cooperation withtheir peers from the ASEAN member nations and Vietnam’s neighboring countriesand defence partners. In 2017, it received 317 foreign delegations and 17international naval ships, which came to Vietnam for visits and exchanges.
Atthe conference, Major General Tran Hoai Trung, Political Commissar of the VietnamPeople’s Navy, asked the media to continue promoting the force’s protection of national sovereignty at sea, particularlyconcerning the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.
Hesuggested the coverage of the navy’s work in human resources training to builda regular, modern, and competent marine force.-VNA
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