Biggest "Made-in-Vietnam" Ship to be Launched This Year
The Dung Quat Ship Building Company is now speeding up construction on its 104,000-ton oil tanker, the biggest ever to be made in Vietnam so far.
The tanker, expected to be launched by June of this year, is in its final phase of construction, and is being completed by about 3,000 workers and engineers.
The entire process of building the ship is being done entirely by Vietnamese workers and engineers, with foreign assistance.
Dinh Tien Dung, deputy director of the Dung Quat Shipbuilding Industrial Zone said that the company had sent its top engineers to learn from the best companies and countries in the field of shipbuilding, such Poland and South Korea.
The company has also invested more than VND4 trillion to upgrade and increase its the infrastructure and to buy modern equipment in order to meet orders received by the company.
Moreover, the company is going to construct an even bigger ship with a capacity of 105,000 tons. (VnExpress)
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