Unit of military ships of Russian Pacific Fleet, under leadership of rocket cruiser "Varyag", starter a friendly visit to Vietnam this Sunday.
Unit consists of such large ships as "Admiral Tribuz" and "Admiral Panteleev", average sea carrier "Pechenega" and sea tug oat "Kalar". The commander of unit is deputy of POF commander vice-admiral Sergey Avramenko.
Russian sailors were met with solemn ceremony by representatives of local authorities and military command, and also Russian general consulate in Dananga.
There will be series of protocol and friendly meetings between Russian crew and local military and administrative heads in Dananga. During their visit Russian sailors will participate in sport competitions with local servicemen. A visit to Russian ships by local population and officers has started.
Visit to Vietnam, which will last till December 2, is the last one during current voyage of ships from POF. Before that they successfully conducted Russian-Indian military trainings "Indra-2005" in Bengal bay, visited Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.
Crew will return to main base of Pacific Ocean Fleet - Vladivostok - on December 14, after almost 3 month voyage.
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