Colonel Nguyen Thien Quan, Commander of Region 3 attended and chaired the opening ceremony. Also attending the opening ceremony were comrades in the Party Committee and Command of Region 3 Navy; representatives of functional departments under the Naval Technical Department; representatives of Song Thu Corporation (General Department of Defense Industry), Factory X50 (Song Thu Corporation), Factory X51 (Ba Son Corporation), Factory X46 (Naval Technical Department), Company 128.

Panorama of the opening ceremony of the contest.

The competition includes combat, transport, service and specialized ships in the entire region. The content of the exemplary regular ship competition includes: Staff work, political work, logistics and technical work. The content of the ship training competition includes: The whole ship, navigation, weapons, electronic equipment, electromechanics, command, physical education, sports, logistics and party work, political work.

Colonel Nguyen Thien Quan, Commander of Naval Region 3, delivered the opening speech.

In his opening speech, Colonel Nguyen Thien Quan, Commander of Naval Region 3, emphasized: The 2023 exemplary regular ship competition and surface ship training competition of Naval Region 3 is of utmost importance, directly contributing to improving the quality of military training - political education; the ability to manage, exploit, and master ships, weapons and technical equipment (VKTBKT); drawing lessons, thoroughly overcoming shortcomings, bringing the results of building "Exemplary regular ships" into substance, practicality, synchronization, and effectiveness. Creating a solid premise for selecting ships to participate in the exemplary regular ship competition and the Navy-level ship training competition to achieve the highest results.

Units review the team at the opening ceremony.

In order for the competition and sports festival to achieve the set goals, the Commander of Naval Region 3 requested the Organizing Committee to conduct scientific operations, ensuring absolute safety for people and equipment; the judges to strictly implement the regulations; evaluate impartially, objectively, accurately, clearly pointing out the strengths, weaknesses, and causes in each competition content to help the Party Committees, commanders of units and ship forces learn from experience and take timely remedial measures...

Ships participating in the competition.

According to the organizers, this year's competition and sports festival has many new points, especially the implementation of the criteria for building "Model Regular Ships", aiming to evaluate the results of leadership and direction of Party committees and commanders at all levels in building a comprehensively strong "model, typical" unit; especially, in making breakthroughs in training and technical work. Thereby, constantly improving the quality of training, combat readiness, the ability to manage, preserve, exploit, master weapons and technical equipment, the comprehensive level, and professional capacity of officers and soldiers must be higher, meeting the requirements of assigned tasks, contributing to building the Navy, Naval Region 3 as a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern force in the new situation.

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