The coast guards of Vietnam and China conducted a joint patrol from November 29 to December 1 on the waters adjacent to the demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin, contributing to strengthening peace, stability and the rule of law at sea.
The coast guards of Vietnam and China conducted a joint patrol from November 29 to December 1 on the waters adjacent to the demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin. (Photo: VNA)
Hai Phong (VNA) – The coast guards of Vietnam and China conducted a joint patrol from November 29 to December 1 on the waters adjacent tothe demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin, contributing to strengthening peace,stability and the rule of law at sea.
This is the second joint patrol this year and the seventh since the Vietnam – China agreement onfishery cooperation in the Gulf of Tonkin expired on June 30, 2020.
Thejoint patrol stretched across 13 points over a distance of 255.5 nautical miles. A wide rangeof activities were conducted during the patrol,including discussions on the phone, inspections of fishing boats operating inthe waters adjacent to the demarcation line, and educational activities to raise fishermen's awareness and compliance to the law when operating at sea.
On this occasion, the Vietnamese Coast Guard established some inter-sectoral working groups to monitor Vietnamese fishing boats’ observance oflegal regulations and the European Commission (EC)’s recommendations oncombating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
In his phone talks with the Chinese side to sum up the outcomes of the patrol, Colonel Luong Cao Khai, Vice Commander and Chief of Staff ofthe Vietnam Coast Guard Region 1, stressed that the joint patrol is a successful start of the upcoming joint activities between the two coast guard forces inthe coming time, including a friendship visit to Guangzhou city by the VietnamCoast Guard’s CSB 8002 ship, and the 7th meeting of the Vietnam andChina coast guard forces in China.
The two sides shared the hope that they will continue joining handsto maintain peace, security, order and safety at sea, contributing to nurturi🦩ngthe two countries’ traditional friendship, solidarity, cooperation anddevelopment in the Gulf of Tonkin./.
The coast guard forces of Vietnam and China conducted a joint patrol on the waters adjacent to the two countries’ delimitation line in the Gulf of Tonkin from April 11 – 13.
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The coast guards of Vietnam and China conducted a joint patrol from November 29 to December 1 on the waters adjacent to the demarcation line in the Gulf of Tonkin. (Photo: VNA) 
