GUANGZHOU, China, May 13 -- On Monday afternoon, sailing vessel 286-Le Quy Don assigned to the Vietnam People's Navy arrived at a military port in Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, for a five-day friendship visit.
In that afternoon, the sailing vessel 286-Le Quy Don, decorated with the national flags of China and Vietnam and carrying 118 Vietnamese naval troops and academy cadets, docked at the port. Sailors assigned to the navy under the Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command lined up at the port to welcome them.
During the visit, the two navies will pay cross-deck visits, conduct professional skill exchanges, and organize cultural and sports games and other activities. The Vietnamese side will hold a deck reception on the ship Le Quy Don. Representatives of the Vietnamese troops will also visit the Guangdong Museum, the site of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth League, the Canton Tower, and other places.
It is learned that it is the maiden visit of the sailing ship Le Quy Don to Guangzhou City, as well as the second visit of the Vietnamese Navy to China this year after its missile frigates Tran Hung Dao and Quang Trung visited Beihai City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
(Video Editor: Huang Panyue)
