Vietnamese navy receives three modern ships

VietNamNet Bridge – Three modern ships were given to some naval units on March 1 to serve training activities and to patrol and defend Vietnam’s waters, islands and continental shelf.

VietNamNet Bridge – Three modern battleships were given to some naval units on March 1 to serve training activities and to patrol and defend Vietnam’s waters, islands and continental shelf.

The HQ-272 ship, which was built in Vietnam.

The High Command of Naval Region 5 (manages south coast in the Gulf of Thailand from Ca Mau to Kien Giang) on March 1 received two ships, HQ-264 and HQ-265. These are gun boats version of Svetlyak class, which are designed to carry out a variety of missions, from patrol missions to prevent violations of maritime state border, to protect friendly vessels and facilities from enemy surface and air attacks.

The HQ-264 and HQ-265 boats.

Vice Admiral Tran Thanh Huyen, Political Commissar of the Vietnamese Navy, said that these boats would help improve the strength and the searching and rescuing ability of the Brigade 5.

The same day, the High Command of Naval Region 2 (manages the southern coast from Binh Thuan province to Bac Lieu province, the southern continental shelf), received another gun boat, HQ-272, the most modern patrol ship manufactured by Vietnam.