The Viet Nam Fisheries Resources Surveillance Department has received a ship from Japan as part of its non-refundable aid to the Southeast Asian country to ensure maritime safety.

The department, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, organized a ceremony for the handover of the ship, the Hayato, at the Hong Ha Shipbuilding Plant in the northern port city of Hai Phong on Wednesday.

A ceremony for the handover of the Hayato, provided by Japan, took place at the Hong Ha Shipbuilding Plant in Hai Phong on August 5, 2015.

The vessel is over 56 meters long and nine meters wide with a gross tonnage of 1,079 metric tons.
Built in 1993 in Japan, the ship has a crew of 49 members.

It is furnished with an electric compass, a prow propeller that can rotate 360o, a radar system and a global communications system, among other features.

After being converted and equipped properly for fisheries control, the ship will be used by Vietnamese fisheries resources surveillance forces to patrol, control and enforce fisheries-related laws at sea, according to the Viet Nam News Agency.

(Source: Tuoitrenews)