Vietnam's frigate 016-Quang Trung will attend the Peace and Friendship 2023 joint exercise in China’s Guangdong province. (Photo: qdnd.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam's frigate 016-Quang Trung with a delegation of the VietnamPeople’s Navy (VPN) on November 8 left Cam Ranh military port in thecentral coastal province of Khanh Hoa to attend the Peace and Friendship 2023joint exercise in China’s Guangdong province and pay a friendship visit to HongKong.
According to the Navy Region 4 High Command, the trip aims to implement the directions of the Central MilitaryCommission and the Ministry of National Defence on international integrationand defence diplomacy.
It is expected to contribute to strengthening cooperative relations between the VietnamPeople's Army and the Vietnam People’s Navy, and their Chinese counterparts for peace, stability, cooperation, and development of the region and the world.
Colonel Nguyen Van Ngan,Deputy Chief of Staff of the Naval Region 4 who is head of the Vietnamesedelegation, said that during the joint exercise, the delegation will participatein events, including ship control simulation training, defence maneuvers, helicopter deck equipment and anti-piracy drills, as well as search and rescue operations at sea.
In addition, during thistrip, officers and sailors of frigate 016 - Quang Trung will organise a long-distanceseafaring training mission to improve their command, combat readiness, andweapon mastery, as well asaccumulate experience in organising international events.
It is expected that theship will return to the Cam Ranh Military Port on November 30./.
