Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang, Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of Defence, received in Hanoi on December 11 Commander of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force, Admiral Yamamura Hiroshi, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.
Two P-3C aircraft of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force led by Lieutenant Colonel Kurishita Akihico began their two-day visit to Ho Chi Minh City on January 28.
Vice Admiral Pham Hoai Nam, Commander of the Vietnam People’s Navy met with high-ranking naval officials of Japan and India in Jeju Island, the Republic of Korea on October 11, a day before the 16th Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) opens.
Ship Fuyuzuki of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force docked at Cam Ranh International Port in the south central province of Khanh Hoa on April 11, starting a five-day visit to Vietnam.
Two training ships of the Japanese maritime self-defence force with 500 crew members aboard anchored at Cam Ranh International Port in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on April 12.
Three ships of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), with
623 officers and sailors on board, anchored at Sihanoukville port in
Preah Sihanouk province of Cambodia, for a four-day visit.
Three Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) training vessels on
a round-the-world voyage arrived in Myanmar on September 30 for a
five-day mission, marking it the first ever port call by an MSDF vessel
in the country.
Two ships of Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), namely
URAGA and TSUSHIMA, with 174 officers and crew on board anchored at Tien
Sa Port in the central city of Da Nang on Sept. 17, beginning a
goodwill visit to Vietnam.