Hanoi (VNA) – Vessel CSB-8004 carrying a delegationof the Vietnam Coast Guard High Command arrived at Xiuying Port in Haikou city,China’s Hainan province, on May 9, beginning an exchange programme with China’sCoast Guard.
The welcoming ceremony for the Vietnamesedelegation, led by Lt. Gen. Hoang Van Dong – Political Commissar of the HighCommand, was hosted by Deputy Director General of the China Coast Guard ChenYide at Xiuying Port, according to Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) daily.
Chen said this was the first time the ChinaCoast Guard had welcomed a foreign coast guard ship for exchange activities.
Meeting with the Vietnamese delegation,Executive Vice Governor of Hainan province Mao Chaofeng said he hopescooperation between the two coast guard forces and between the two countrieswill develop and help enhance solidarity.
Later on the day, the Vietnamese officers metwith leaders of the China Coast Guard.
They reviewed the forces’ recent cooperation,especially the outcomes of joint fishery patrols in the Tonkin Gulf, experienceand information sharing, and coordination in search and rescue activities atsea.
In 2016, the two sides organised two jointfishery patrols in the Tonkin Gulf and one search and rescue drill.-VNA