Vietnam Army masters military shipbuilding technology

Vietnam's military shipbuilding industry has mastered the technology and mass-produced large, modern military ships, making an important contribution to the army's defense of the country.

Over the past 10 years, Vietnam's military shipbuilding industry has mastered technology and mass-produced large, modern military ships such as fast-attack missile boats, gunboats, armed patrol boats, landing ships, rescue ships, etc., contributing significantly to the army's firm protection of the country's sovereignty.

Quân đội Việt Nam làm chủ công nghệ đóng tàu quân sự- Ảnh 1. — *Ship KN-490 of Fisheries Surveillance Squadron 4 docks at Truong Sa port*

First of all, we must mention Ba Son Corporation (Ba Son Joint Enterprise) under the General Department of Defense Industry. With a history of 160 years of formation and development, this is the pioneer of the Vietnamese shipbuilding industry and the first and only unit in Vietnam to build modern high-tech combat ships.

Ba Son Corporation has been successful in building and converting many types of combat ships and specialized ships for the military, building ships for domestic and international customers.

Quân đội Việt Nam làm chủ công nghệ đóng tàu quân sự- Ảnh 2. — *Ship 253 (Brigade 127, Naval Region 5) on combat alert*

For example: Successfully built the first pair of gunboats TP.01 and TP.01M of Vietnam in the period 1977 - 1980. This pair of ships is currently in the combat formation of Brigade 127 (Naval Region 5) with the numbers 251 and 253.

Quân đội Việt Nam làm chủ công nghệ đóng tàu quân sự- Ảnh 3. — *Missile ship 381 is ready for combat at the base.*

Ba Son Corporation also successfully built Vietnam's first PS500 missile boat, numbered 381, and was commissioned into Naval Region 4 on October 12, 2001. This is the first anti-ship missile patrol boat built domestically using Russian technology transfer.

Quân đội Việt Nam làm chủ công nghệ đóng tàu quân sự- Ảnh 4. — *A working delegation from the General Department of Defense Industry inspected the construction process of the Moliya fast attack missile boat at Ba Son Corporation.*

In particular, since the end of 2009, the 12418 shipbuilding program has been deployed at Ba Son Corporation and in the period of 2014 - 2017, the unit has handed over 6 Moliya fast attack missile boats to the Navy, namely 377, 378 (June 2014); 379, 380 (July 2015); 382, 383 (October 2017), currently belonging to Naval Region 2.

Quân đội Việt Nam làm chủ công nghệ đóng tàu quân sự- Ảnh 5. — *Fast attack missile boat 377 maneuvers into missile firing position*

Hong Ha Shipbuilding Company Limited (Z173 Factory) under the General Department of Defense Industry, from 2012 to 2015 successfully built and delivered 4 TT-400TP gunboats to the Navy, including: 272 (January 2012), 273 (August 2012), 274 (May 2014), 275 (September 2014), 276 (January 2015), 277 (September 2015). This is a patrol gunboat class, with a displacement of 475 tons (fully equipped), a maximum speed of 59 km/h, and continuous operation for up to 30 days at sea.

Quân đội Việt Nam làm chủ công nghệ đóng tàu quân sự- Ảnh 6. — *Gunboats 272 and 273 prepare to go to sea*

The TT-400TP gunboat class is equipped with a 76 mm AK-176 automatic gun, a 6-barrel 30 mm AK-630 automatic gun with radar guidance, a 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine gun and a 9K38 Igla portable air defense missile system with 2 launchers.

Quân đội Việt Nam làm chủ công nghệ đóng tàu quân sự- Ảnh 7. — *Gunboat 274 on duty at sea*

Song Thu Corporation (General Department of Defense Industry) has also built 4 new multi-purpose landing transport ships Roro 5612. At the end of October 2021, the ships were assigned numbers (526, 527, 528, 529) and assigned to Naval Region 5.

This is a new generation of amphibious transport ship, newly built according to international standards of Damen of the Netherlands. The ship is equipped with modern weapons; can land and turn around in narrow spaces, suitable for transporting marines, tanks, machinery, goods and weapons...

Quân đội Việt Nam làm chủ công nghệ đóng tàu quân sự- Ảnh 8. — *Multi-purpose Roro landing transport ship of Naval Region 5 on duty in Truong Sa waters*

Company 189 (General Department of Defense Industry) has also built many new military ships in recent years. For example: large patrol ships 8001 and 8004 for the Vietnam Coast Guard; small patrol ships for the navy, border guards, coast guard, customs, and fisheries surveillance; armed fishing vessels; combined patrol and search and rescue ships; troop transport ships - landing ships; military medical ships; submarine rescue ships...

Quân đội Việt Nam làm chủ công nghệ đóng tàu quân sự- Ảnh 9. — *New military ship built at Song Thu Corporation*

In particular, from 2012 to 2015, military shipyards completed 8 large patrol ships of the DN-2000 class (or DN2000) - the patrol ship class of the Vietnam Coast Guard and Fisheries Surveillance (the letter "DN" stands for "multi-purpose", and "2000" refers to displacement. DN-2000 has a maximum displacement of 2,771 tons).

Quân đội Việt Nam làm chủ công nghệ đóng tàu quân sự- Ảnh 10. — *Ship CSB-8001 on duty to protect sovereignty in Sinh Ton Dong sea area (Truong Sa archipelago, Khanh Hoa)*

The ship was built based on the OPV-9014 class ship design purchased from Damen Shipbuilding Company (Netherlands). The DN-2000 ships are 90.5 m long, 14 m wide and have a hull height of 7 m. The maximum speed is nearly 40 km/h and the continuous operating time at sea is 40 days and nights. The ship can carry helicopters and rescue boats.

Currently, 8 DN-2000 ships have been equipped for the Vietnam Coast Guard and Fisheries Surveillance.

Quân đội Việt Nam làm chủ công nghệ đóng tàu quân sự- Ảnh 11. — *Patrol and search and rescue boat equipped for Border Guard*

In addition, military shipyards also built hundreds of new coast guard ships (TT-400, TT-200, TT-120, TS-500CV, Truong Sa, DST-4612, STU-1606, H-222), fisheries surveillance ships (KN-750, KN-6000, KN-3600, TK-1482C, Truong Sa), armed fishing boats, military transport, standing militia fleets... with the mission of protecting the sovereignty of seas, islands, continental shelves and searching and rescuing at sea.