On June 4, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, together with the Government’s working delegation worked with the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) to inspect the project to build new ships for the fisheries resources surveillance forces who enforce law at sea.
Accordingly, the Prime Minister inspected the project to build 2 fisheries resources surveillance ships with signal KN-2011 to be built by the Ha Long Shipbuilding Company Limited based on a contract from the Navy Force High Command. As designed, the ships are for long-term patrol at sea, in combination with search and rescue capabilities in Vietnam’s sea regions. They have a capacity of 500 tones, a length of 90.5 metres and a width of 14 metres. The modern ship design has a maximum speed of 21 nautical miles per hour. In working condition, the ship can operate continuously within some 5,000 nautical miles.
The ships were designed by the Netherlands’ Damen Group to modern specification. At present, the first KN-2011 has been on a trial run and is ready to be delivered. As planned, the second ship will be on trial run this June and it is expected to be transferred to its owner in July.
During the working visit, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung praised cadres, engineers and staff from the Ha Long Shipbuilding Company Limited for successful completion of the project to the satisfaction of requirements of the Navy Forces High Command. He also pointed out the importance of the project in relation to law enforcement missions at sea and protecting the nation’s sea and island sovereignty.
The Prime Minister suggested that the company should focus on increasing the quality of the ships, ensuring high technological specification and safety for the fisheries resources surveillance forces in carrying out their duties.
Working with the SBIC, he praised the corporation for completion of 10 small-sized ships in the first phase for the fisheries resources surveillance forces. These ships have been operating effectively to implement law enforcement missions at the Paracel Archipelago. For the second phase of building 20 more units in July, the Prime Minister urged the corporation to promptly complete construction with the use of high quality and modern equipment.
He confirmed that the Party and State issued a resolution on sea strategy, in which the shipbuilding industry was required to develop sustainably. At present, Vietnam’s shipbuilding industry has made significant progress and can build high quality ships, including military ships.
He urged the corporation to tackle and overcome difficulties in production, accelerate the progress of projects and create jobs for thousands of workers and staff. These action points, he said, will promote the efficiency of the shipbuilding industry and satisfy maritime transport needs.
During the working visit, the Prime Minister also discussed a project to build amour-plated ships for fishermen.
Source: cpv.org.vn
