The US and Vietnamese navies have begun the 7th annual Naval Engagement Activity NEA, Vietnam 2016 at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang.

The US Navy said in a press release yesterday that the exercise will focus on non-combatant events and include seminars in military medicine and maritime law as well as subject matter expert exchanges in navigation, shipboard medicine and damage control.

The exercise will also include Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea and search and rescue scenarios, the release added.