Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
The crew of HMCS Regina will mark the 35th anniversary of Canada-Vietnam diplomatic relations with a visit to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from June 4 to 8. The ship is currently at sea on Westploy 2008, a 12-week deployment to promote Canadian interests in the Asia-Pacific region while enabling navy-to-navy liaison and relationship building with nations in this area.
During the four-day goodwill visit, Regina's crew will undertake a busy program designed to foster relations with Canada's Vietnamese partners.
"Westploy is a channel for the Navy to support Canadian diplomatic efforts overseas," said Commander Haydn Edmundson, HMCS Regina's Commanding Officer. "Canada's sailors are proud ambassadors for their country. Our visit here will strengthen Canada's relationship with Vietnam, a nation with whom Canada shares many interests but has had little opportunity to interact on a military-to-military basis."
The visit kicks off with a Welcome Reception to be held on board Regina for 150 Vietnamese and diplomatic guests. In addition, Canadian companies and their Vietnamese clients will embark the ship for a Canadian corporate benefit dinner for a local charity, co-hosted by Rear Admiral Tyrone Pile (Commander Maritime Forces Pacific), Canadian Ambassador Gabriel-M. Lessard and Consul-General William Johnston.
Other scheduled events include ship tours for Vietnamese military and navy officers, Canadian Consulate staff and their families, and members of the Canadian expatriate community. Rear Admiral Pile and Cmdr. Edmundson will also make diplomatic visits with Vietnamese military officials as well as the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Monument.
The last Canadian warship to visit Vietnam was, coincidentally, HMCS Regina in 1996. At the time, Rear Admiral Pile answered to "Cmdr. Pile" and was the ship's Commanding Officer.
Both HMC ships Regina and Ottawa deployed for Westploy 2008 on April 13. By the deployment's end, the two ships will have made port visits to six other Northeast Asian ports including China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Singapore.
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During the four-day goodwill visit, Regina's crew will undertake a busy program designed to foster relations with Canada's Vietnamese partners.
"Westploy is a channel for the Navy to support Canadian diplomatic efforts overseas," said Commander Haydn Edmundson, HMCS Regina's Commanding Officer. "Canada's sailors are proud ambassadors for their country. Our visit here will strengthen Canada's relationship with Vietnam, a nation with whom Canada shares many interests but has had little opportunity to interact on a military-to-military basis."
The visit kicks off with a Welcome Reception to be held on board Regina for 150 Vietnamese and diplomatic guests. In addition, Canadian companies and their Vietnamese clients will embark the ship for a Canadian corporate benefit dinner for a local charity, co-hosted by Rear Admiral Tyrone Pile (Commander Maritime Forces Pacific), Canadian Ambassador Gabriel-M. Lessard and Consul-General William Johnston.
Other scheduled events include ship tours for Vietnamese military and navy officers, Canadian Consulate staff and their families, and members of the Canadian expatriate community. Rear Admiral Pile and Cmdr. Edmundson will also make diplomatic visits with Vietnamese military officials as well as the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Monument.
The last Canadian warship to visit Vietnam was, coincidentally, HMCS Regina in 1996. At the time, Rear Admiral Pile answered to "Cmdr. Pile" and was the ship's Commanding Officer.
Both HMC ships Regina and Ottawa deployed for Westploy 2008 on April 13. By the deployment's end, the two ships will have made port visits to six other Northeast Asian ports including China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Singapore.
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