Tanker Pechenga arrives in Cam Ranh International Port (Source: soha.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – A Russian Pacific Fleet detachment comprising destroyersAdmiral Tributs and Admiral Vingradov and tanker Pechenga arrived in Cam RanhInternational Port of south central Khanh Hoa province on June 3, starting afour-day visit to Vietnam.
A welcome ceremony was held at the port for the three shipswith 819 crewmembers on board, including 76 officers and 680 sailors.
The visit is one of activities to realise agreements reachedby the two defence ministries’ leaders, thus contributing to intensifying theVietnam-Russia traditional friendship and boosting bilateral defencecooperation, including collaboration between the two navies.
During the visit, the Russian officers are scheduled to paycourtesy visits to leaders of the provincial People’s Committee and the NavalRegion 4 High Command, lay wreaths at a monument to soldiers of the former SovietUnion, Russia and Vietnam who sacrificed for peace and stability in the region.
Russian sailors and other crewmembers also participate insports event with soldiers of the Naval Region 4 High Command.-VNA
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