Hanoi (VNA) – The naval forces of Vietnam and Cambodia organisedtheir 49th joint patrol on January 3-4.
Ship 253 ofthe Naval Region 5 under the Vietnam People’s Navy and Ship 1143 from the RoyalCambodian Navy took part in the event.
During thetwo-day patrol, the two sides carried out a lot of tasks, including the preventionof illegal activities in the joint patrol waters, maritime environmentalprotection, information exchange, product smuggling and drug and weapontrafficking prevention, pirate control, and search and rescue at sea.
Withthorough preparations and close coordination, the joint patrol concludedsuccessfully, contributing to maintaining peace, political stability andsecurity, and social order and safety in the Vietnamese and Cambodia waters aswell as consolidating and developing the traditional friendship and mutualunderstanding between the two navies. -VNA