
Hanoi (VNA) – Ship 015-Tran Hung Dao of the Vietnam Navy willparticipate in an ASEAN-China Maritime Drill at China’s Zhanjiang naval basefrom October 21-28, the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper reported.
From September 27 to October 6, the ship, ledby Deputy Commander of Naval Region 4 Colonel Le Hong Chien, will visitYokosuka base and Sakai city of Osaka prefecture on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Vietnan-Japan diplomatic ties.
The activity is part of implementing the twocountries’ joint vision statement on defence cooperation for 2017-2022.
The ship will take part in an InternationalFleet Review at a naval base in Jeju in the Republic of Korea from October10-15 to realise the two Defence Ministries’ joint vision statement on defencecooperation to 2030 and learn from experience in organising the event.
These activities are expected to helptighten friendship and improve coordination at sea between the Vietnam Navy andthe navies of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea.-VNA