On Tuesday, the Hai Son Shipbuilding and Repairing Company of Da Nang-based Song Thu Corporation began the building of 2 steel-hulled fishing vessels, namely V040-QNa1 and V040-QNa3, for fishermen Phan Thu and Tran Cong Chi respectively from Quang Nam Province’s Thang Binh District.

The 822CV, 25.2m-long, 6.5m-wide and 3.1m-high vessels will feature welded structures and variable-pitch propellers.  These diesel-electric powered vessels will use drag nets to catch seafood which will then be stored in the ships’ insulated ice compartments.

Pressing buttons to start the building of the two boats

V040-QNa1 and V040-QNa3 are the first fishing boats in the province to be built under Government Decree No 67/2014/ND-CP regarding fisheries development policies which allow Vietnamese fishermen to access loans for building new boats from the government’s 10 trillion VND credit package.