China coast guard delegation visits High Command of VCG Region 1
A delegation from the China Coast Guard (CCG) led by its Director Maj. Gen Yu Zhong held a working session with the High Command of Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) Region 1 on December 8, as part of the first exchange programme “Vietnam coast guards and friends” in 2022.
At the event, Commander of the Vietnam Coast Guard Region 1 Col. Tran Van Tho briefed his guests about outstanding cooperation activities between the CCG and VCG that were held by the VCG Region 1 since they signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in 2016.
Accordingly, both sides have regularly shared information and held biannual joint patrols in the waters adjacent to the demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin. They also held friendship exchanges of delegations and young officers, contributing to further deepening ties between the two forces.
Tho suggested that with permission from their superiors, the VCG Region 1 and its CCG counterpart would continue with joint activities next year and subsequent years, including joint patrols at sea, professional exchanges, inspection of fishing vessels, search and rescue, drills against terrorism, human and drug trafficking, and promoting the establishment of a communication line between the VCG Region 1 and CCG’s Nanhai bureau.
Yu vowed to create conditions for the two units to share information related to law enforcement and professional expertise, thus fostering bilateral friendship and solidarity.
He believed that via the visit, ties between the CCG and VCG, and between the High Command of VCG Region 1 and CCG’s Nanhai bureau, will be closer.