Two over 800 CV fishing boats DNa 91111 TS and DNa 91119 TS, owned by fisherman Le Van Khanh from Da Nang’s Hai Chau District, were officially launched at the Tho Quang Fishing Wharf last Saturday.

A fishing boat DNa 91111 TS

The new boats were built at a cost of 8 billion VND. Of this, 1.6 billion VND was from the city budget under Government Decree No 67/2014/ND-CP regarding fisheries development policies which allows Vietnamese fishermen to access loans for building new boats, whilst the remainder came from Mr Khanh’s family.

The 23-long, 6m-wide and 2.9m-high boats, which were installed with CAT engines made in the USA, can operate at a top speed of 12 nautical miles per hour.

In 2016, Mr Khanh launched a 1,390CV fisheries logistics vessel for deep-sea fishing trips off the Hoang Sa waters. He also received 800 million VND from the city budget for building this ship.