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U.S. to send ships for repair at Vietnam’s Cam Ranh port: commodore

U.S. to send ships for repair at Vietnam’s Cam Ranh port: commodore

Tuesday, April 08, 2014, 14:43 GMT+7

U.S. ships will continue to come to Vietnam’s Cam Ranh Military Port, located in the central province of Khanh Hoa, for repair services if the port is able to serve them, U.S. Captain Paul Schlise said upon the arrival of two U.S. vessels in the central city of Da Nang on Monday. As scheduled, the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain and the rescue and salvage ship USNS Safeguard landed in Da Nang for a five-day visit to begin their 5th Naval Exchange Activity (NEA) with the Vietnamese side. Capt. Schlise, commodore, is the general chief of the 2014 U.S.-Vietnam Naval Exchange Activity. The two U.S. naval vessels docked at the city’s Tien Sa Port yesterday morning and a welcoming ceremony along with a press conference was held upon their arrival. Capt. Schilse told reporters that during the visit, the naval forces of Vietnam and the U.S. will exchange expertise in health, search and rescue, disaster relief, diving training, and on-board repairs. NEA Vietnam and the many port visits by U.S. Navy ships over the past decade are prominent examples of growing cooperation between the two countries’ naval forces, the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City said Monday in a press release.

“Each year, NEA Vietnam builds mutual trust and understanding, provides a key venue to address shared maritime security priorities and concerns, and develops our ability to operate with confidence in the maritime domain,” Capt. Schlise was quoted as saying in the release.

NEA Vietnam is not a traditional military exercise – instead, it focuses on non-combatant professional exchanges in military medicine, search and rescue, diving and salvage and shipboard damage control, according to the press release. When asked by Tuoi Tre whether U.S. Navy ships will continue to arrive at Cam Ranh Military Port for repair services in the future, Capt. Schlise said this will depend on the capability of the military port and Vietnam’s ship repair companies. Capt. Schlise added that he thinks the U.S. Navy’s demand for repairs is on the rise and U.S. ships will continue to be repaired at the port if it can meet demands. Last week Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said that the port will be used as a technical logistics base providing repair and maintenance services for seagoing vessels, including submarines, from all around the world in addition to its military purposes.  During the two U.S. vessels’ stay in Vietnam, a series of activities including ship tours, U.S. naval band concerts, community relations events, and U.S.-Vietnamese Navy sporting events will take place.

Today, a music and exchange session between the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet Band Orient Express and the Da Nang University of Technology will be conducted, and on Saturday, Orient Express will perform in Bien Dong Park to serve the public.

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