The Russian High Command of Navy has suggested a plan to re-open its logistic base at Vietnam’s Cam Ranh port, according Interfax-AVN.

Cam Ranh Bay

A source from the Russian High Command of Navy told Interfax-AVN that the agency has produced a report proving the significance of the recovery of this logistic base to Russian war ships in Asia-Pacific.

“If a political decision is made, the Russian Navy is ready to re-build this base within three years,” the source told Interfax-AVN.

Cam Ranh was a major base of American Air Force during the Vietnam War and the largest overseas naval base of the former USSR in 1979 when it signed a contract with Vietnam to rent this base for 25 years. Russia withdrew from the base in 2002.

Former Chief of Staff of Russian Navy, Admiral Viktor Kravchenko emphasized that if Russia wants to maintain it as a naval power, it is a must to resume the Cam Ranh base.

Source: Theo Interfax, Reuters, RTT News