To reach the destination, the Vietnamese delegation, headedby Colonel Nguyen Van Ngan, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Naval Region 4, hadcrossed nearly 750 nautical miles in more than three days.
During the voyage, it conducted a long-distance seafaringtraining, and practiced command training, combat readiness coordination, and weaponand technical equipment mastery.
At the reception ceremony at Batu Ampar, Colonel AgusIzudin, Deputy Commander of the Indonesian Navy’s Base IV, hoped the visit would leave a good impression on the Vietnamese delegation.
On the same day, Vietnamese naval officers paid a courtesycall on the Mayor of Batam city and Commander of the Indonesian Coast Guard inthe West of Indonesia./.