This was the first of such move between the twosides in 2022 and the fourth conducted after a fisheries cooperation agreement inthe Gulf of Tonkin waters between Vietnam and China expired on June 30, 2020.
During their work, the forces conducted telephone exchange andsupervised fishing vessels operating in the area.
They also popularised regulations on fishing and COVID-19 control, along withpracticing joint search and rescue at sea.
According to Colonel Tran Van Tho, Commander of Vietnam Coast Guard Region 1, who led the Vietnamese side, thejoint patrol was successful, contributing to promoting the relationship betweenthe two Parties, States and peoples of Vietnam and China in general, and betweenthe two Coast Guard forces in particular./.