After forming, Vietnamese naval soldiers were selected to go to the Soviet Union to train in the use of new weapons of the armed services.

On 17 August 2012, the Navy held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Naval Aviation Regiment infrastructure project at Cam Ranh Airport, Khánh Hoà Province.

The Navy has decided to send 12 pilots of DHC-6 aircraft to Canada to train for a period of 17 months, to enhance the ability to patrol at sea.

[4] On 3 July, at the 372nd Airborne Division (Đoàn Hải Vân), the Ministry of Defense held a ceremony to hand over the 954th Airborne Brigade (formerly known as the 954th Helicopter Regiment) from the Vietnam People's Air Force to the Navy and announced the decision to establish the 930th Helicopter Regiment stationed at Da Nang International Airport, under 372nd Division (Vietnam People's Air Force).

The regiment has the duty of observation flight; reconnaissance, indicating targets in the air, on the ground and on the water surface; in charge of military transport in the central region – the Central Highlands and the southern Gulf of Tonkin; fly special aircraft to serve the Communist Party of Vietnam, State and Army leaders; participate in search, rescue, rescue and prevention of floods and storms; ready to perform the task of cooperating in combat to provide air fire support to the armed forces when ordered; organize conversion flight training for students of helicopter pilots of the Air Force Officer's College.

Based on its basic functions and current capabilities, the 954th Naval Air Brigade can perform the following tasks: Submarine hunting; military transport; reconnaissance, observation in the air, on the ground, on the water; search and rescue at sea, on land and rescue and prevention of storms and floods.