Vietnamese and Chinese border guards after the joint patrol. (Photo: VNA) HaiPhong (VNA) – This year’s first joint patrol of the Vietnam CoastGuard (VCG) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) in the vicinity of the countries’demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin was wrapped up on April 29.
This three-day joint patrol spanned 255.5 nautical miles across 13points. The route started from a point lying 48 nautical miles northeast of ConCo island to another point 14 nautical miles southeast of Tran island.
This is the 8th time such a joint patrol between the sides in the area hasbeen organised since the nations’ fisheries cooperation agreement expired onJune 30, 2020.
Vietnam and China each sent two vessels to join the patrol, along with withrepresentatives from the Vietnamese border guard, Departments of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment of northern coastal provinces and cities, and Hai Phong CustomsDepartment.
During the joint patrol, the two coast guards conducted activities, including talks, telephone calls, inspection and supervision of the nations' fishing vesselsoperating in the adjacent waters of the demarcation line, dissemination ofrelevant legal regulations for the two countries' fishermen.
Besides, the VCG established an interdisciplinaryworking group to directly inspect Vietnamesefishing vessels' compliance with law, and implementation of recommendations of theEuropean Commission (EC) on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)fishing as well as warn and strictly handling cases of IUU violations.
The VCG also distributed leaflets, gave gifts, and national flags to local fishermen./.
