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Vietnam, China conduct second joint sea patrol in 2022

The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) successfully conducted their second joint patrol in 2022 in the waters adjacent to the demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin from November 3-5.
Vietnam, China conduct second joint sea patrol in 2022 ảnh 1The joint patrol takes place from November 3-5. (Photo: VNA)
Hai Phong (VNA) - The Vietnam Coast Guard(VCG) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) successfully conducted their second jointpatrol in 2022 in the waters adjacent to the demarcation line in the Gulf ofTonkin from November 3-5.

This was also the fifth of its kind after theVietnam-China agreement on fishery cooperation in the Gulf of Tonkin expired onJune 30, 2020.

Colonel Luong Cao Khai, Vice Commander and Chief ofStaff of the Vietnam Coast Guard Region, 1 led the Vietnamese fleet. Meanwhile,the Chinese side was led by Huang Min, Director of the fourth bureau’s lawenforcement department under the CCG.
Vietnam, China conduct second joint sea patrol in 2022 ảnh 2This was also the fifth of its kind after the Vietnam-China agreement on fishery cooperation in the Gulf of Tonkin expired on June 30, 2020. (Photo: VNA)
The joint patrol took place over 13 points with 255.5nautical miles, with a range of activities like phone talks, inspections andsupervisions over fishing boats operating in the waters adjacent to the demarcation,joint exercises in search and rescue at sea, and raising the awareness of bothsides’ fishermen about law observance.

Notably, on this occasion, the Vietnamese sideestablished inter-sectoral working groups to supervise Vietnamese fishing boats’observance of legal regulations and the European Commision (EC)’s recommendations on illegal, unreportedand unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The success of the joint patrol is expected to createan impulse to boost the relations between the two Parties, States and peoples,and the coast guards in particular./.
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