![National flag-raising ceremony of the HQ-182 Hanoi submarine, and the HQ-183 Ho Chi Minh City submarine (Khanh Hoa, 2014). (Photo: VNA) 1.jpg](https://imagev3-lang.vietnamplus.vn/w1000/Uploaded/2024/lexp/2024_08_05/1-9461.jpg.webp)
![Live-fire training at sea of the Naval Region 2 High Command (2021). (Photo: VNA) 2.jpg](https://imagev3-lang.vietnamplus.vn/w1000/Uploaded/2024/lexp/2024_08_05/2-9228.jpg.webp)
![Brigade 167, Naval Region 2, enhances night training for soldiers to improve their performance as well as enhance coordination in carrying out missions. (Photo: VNA) 3.jpg](https://imagev3-lang.vietnamplus.vn/w1000/Uploaded/2024/lexp/2024_08_05/3-435.jpg.webp)
![Mechanised Battalion 474 under Group M 47 (Navy) always fulfills tasks and combat readiness training exercises. (Photo: VNA) 4.jpg](https://imagev3-lang.vietnamplus.vn/w1000/Uploaded/2024/lexp/2024_08_05/4-9974.jpg.webp)
![The Vietnam People’s Navy is the key force safeguarding the sovereignty of the sea, islands, and continental shelf of the Fatherland, ensuring a peaceful and stable environment for the nation and the region. (Photo: VNA) 5.jpg](https://imagev3-lang.vietnamplus.vn/w1000/Uploaded/2024/lexp/2024_08_05/5-2296.jpg.webp)
![The Vietnam People’s Navy overcomes all difficulties and hardships, remains calm, clever, resolute, persistent, and skillfully handles situations, avoids being passive or surprised, and maintains a peaceful and stable environment of the national sea and islands. (Photo: VNA) 6ava.jpg](https://imagev3-lang.vietnamplus.vn/w1000/Uploaded/2024/lexp/2024_08_05/6ava-124.jpg.webp)
![The Vietnam People’s Navy has five combat forces: Surface ships; Submarines; Naval Air Force; Coastal Artillery - Missiles; Marine Corps - Naval Special Forces, and logistics, engineering, and military science and technology research forces. (Photo: VNA) 7.jpg](https://imagev3-lang.vietnamplus.vn/w1000/Uploaded/2024/lexp/2024_08_05/7-5356.jpg.webp)
![Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (centre) visits the Navy’s 189th Submarine Brigade (Khanh Hoa, March 12, 2022). (Photo: VNA) 8.jpg](https://imagev3-lang.vietnamplus.vn/w1000/Uploaded/2024/lexp/2024_08_05/8-5190.jpg.webp)
Sixty years have passed since the first battle of the Vietnam People’s Navy (August 2 and 5, 1964), but the heroic spirit and lessons from that victory remain invaluable today. They continue to inspire the Navy to build a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and modern force, contributing to the cause of national development and defense.