VOV.VN - Commanders of Vietnamese and Chinese naval task groups held a courtesy meeting on March 16 at Fangchenggang Port as part of activities linked to the 10th Vietnam–China Border Defence Friendship Exchange and a planned joint patrol and training exercise in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Ships 09 and 17 of Brigade 171 under Naval Region 2 docked at the brigade’s port in Ho Chi Minh City’s Rach Dua ward on November 25, completing the 39th joint patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin between the Vietnamese and Chinese navies.

VOV.VN - Chinese navy training ship Qi Jiguang arrived at Tien Sa port on May 23, marking the beginning of an official visit to the central city of Da Nang from May 23 to May 25.