By Guo Peng, Feng Zhexin, Jia Siyu, Wang Zhen, Song Yi, Wu Ke, Yang Dongdong and Zhang Ziyi

BEIJING, March 20 -- Troops from the Chinese and Vietnamese navies held the launch ceremony of their 40th joint patrol in the Beibu Gulf at the Fangchenggang Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on March 19, 2026. After the ceremony, naval task groups of the two sides carried out the joint patrol missions in the Beibu Gulf as planned.

(Video Editor: Yang Xueqing)