Les BirdApr 12 minNewsletter No. 6, April 2022“The Daai Fei” This is good news - Police Vessel 70 is saved PV 70 (centre) in action during a training exercise as a 'smuggling daai...
Les BirdMar 11 minNewsletter No. 5, March 2022Since the publication of my new book ‘Along the Southern Boundary: A Marine Police Officer’s Frontline Account of the Vietnamese...
Les BirdAug 31, 20213 minNewsletter No.4, September 2021SAIGON 1991. I took these photographs during one of my first visits to Vietnam. The country was, in 1991, just opening up to foreign...
Les BirdJun 1, 20212 minNewsletter No. 3, June 2021The Polaroid 80-Series Land Camera, manufactured in the early 1970s, was part of our kit on Hong Kong Marine Police launches of that...
Les BirdMar 1, 20211 minNewsletter No. 2, March 2021Prior to a Marine Police launch entering active service, the vessel must be commissioned. These pictures are from commissioning...
Les BirdJan 1, 20213 minNewsletter No. 1, January 2021Hello! I was hoping to be able to start 2021 by announcing a date for the trip and guided tour to the Soko island of Tai Ah Chau. I was...