Senior Colonel Nguyen Minh Khanh, Deputy Commander and Chief-of-Staff of Coast Guard Region 3 Command, presents flowers to welcome the delegation. (Photo: VOV)

During the vessel’s visit, the crew members paid courtesy visits to the leaders of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province and the Coast Guard Region 3 Command. They engaged in sports competitions with officers and soldiers of the Vietnam Coast Guard, and joint search and rescue drills as well as fire fighting and prevention exercises at sea.

The first Vietnam visit by the Indonesian Coast Guard ship was part of the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the two countries' coast guard forces, signed in 2021. The visit provided an opportunity to strengthen friendship, cooperation, and mutual understanding.