Thai Navy and Vietnamese Navy Conducts Joint Patrol

23 November 2020

42nd Thai-Vietnam Navy joint patrol (all photos : Navy for Life)

The Royal Thai Navy and the Vietnamese Navy organized the 42nd joint patrol in the sea in the Thai-Vietnamese maritime overlapping area with a joint agreement known as the KC Line between 18-20 November 2020.

The past Since 1997, from a meeting between the Royal Thai Navy and the Vietnamese Navy, the Royal Thai Navy and the Vietnamese Navy have regularly held joint reconnaissance of the remaining areas. This is the 42nd time during the joint patrol in the area. A training session has been held between the countries to build an understanding of future joint operations.

There are visual communication training (SEMAPHOR), including two-handed flags and universal lanterns, a training for target plotting (PLOTEX), search and rescue training at sea (SAREX), and the practice of the use of collective biblical documents in ASEAN (CUES).

In this joint patrol Royal Thai Navy arranged ships from the Navy Region 1, namely HTMS Prachuap Khiri Khan 552 the Krabi-class offshore patrol vessel and Royal Thai Navy's 2nd Navy Region, which was HTMS Longlom 533, the Khamronsin-class corvette. The Vietnamese Navy has organized two ships from the 5th Naval Region, two Svetlyak-class patrol vessels, HQ-264 and HQ-265, with the 42nd joint reconnaissance completed.

(Navy for Life)