Naval Region 2 Successfully Completed the Live Fire Exercise at Sea

23 Juni 2025

Vietnam Navy consist of five naval region. Naval Region 2 Command at Nhon Trach manages and protects the seas from South Bình Thuận to Bạc Liêu and the southern continental shelf, including the important area (South China Sea and south coast) (photo: QDND)

Carrying out training, testing and live-fire missions at sea, Naval Region 2 has just organized and completed the mission well, ensuring absolute safety.

Naval Region 2 Command equipped with five Petya-class light frigate: HQ-09, HQ-11, HQ-13, HQ-15, HQ-17 (photo: QDND)

In preparation for the mission, Naval Region 2  and its units have issued specialized resolutions, organized education, and thoroughly grasped the orders, plans, and tasks of each unit. Organized additional training, closely inspected the status of technical equipment, and organized the reception and storage of weapons and ammunition to ensure safety. Prepared adequate food, provisions, and fuel for sea travel, ready to carry out long-term missions. Participated in health screening before going to sea, ensuring that 100% of the troops carrying out the mission were in good health.

HQ 13 Petya-class light frigate RGB-25/RBU-2500 Smerch, a Soviet-era anti-submarine rocket launcher (photo: QDND)

During the implementation of the mission, the units of Naval Region 2 closely followed and implemented the correct topics, organized close coordination and cooperation, performed well the assessment tasks, and successfully completed the live-fire items at sea. The ship's officers and industry officers have good capacity, high responsibility, solidarity, and determination to excellently complete the mission. The officers and soldiers have good professional qualifications, are well-trained, and can proficiently use the assigned technical equipment.

HQ 09 Petya-class light frigate launch RGB-25/RBU-2500 Smerch, a Soviet-era anti-submarine rocket launcher (photo: QDND)

This is one of the key tasks in the first 6 months of 2025 of Naval Region 2. Thereby, it aims to evaluate the results of training work, the coordination ability of the forces; evaluate the capacity and style of the commander in handling situations; as well as evaluate the management, exploitation, use and preservation of technical equipment of officers and soldiers in the entire Region.

HQ 09 Petya-class light frigate practices torpedo launching (photo: QDND)

At the end of the mission, units in the entire region completed their assigned tasks well, ensuring absolute safety.

(QDND)