Vietnam Receives 2nd
Russia-Made Submarine


HANOI (Xinhua) -- A freighter
carrying the second Vietnam's
kilo-class Russia-made
submarine was safely anchored in Vietnam's southern Cam Ranh gulf in Khanh Hoa province, media reported Thursday.

The freighter called Rolldock Star arrived in Cam Ranh gulf late Wednesday, after a voyage of nearly two months from Russia's Kaliningrad. This is the second time Rolldock Star has carried out transportation for
submarines from Russia to
Vietnam, state-run news agency VNA reported.

The submarine, named HQ183- Ho Chi Minh City has the same technical standards as the others in a series of six submarines that Vietnam ordered from Russia.

The submarine has an over
3,000-ton displacement, and is able to operate at a maximum depth of 300 meters and at a speed of 20 nautical miles per hour with over 50 crew members. Ho Chi Minh Citysubmarine is said to be equipped with many modern weapons on board, according to VNA.

After arriving at Cam Ranh gulf, Russian and Vietnamese experts will pump water into the cabins of freighter Rolldock Star to release the submarine to the sea. The submarine will then be taken to Cam Ranh Port.

Earlier on Dec. 31 last year,
Vietnam received the first
submarine named HQ182- Hanoi and took it to Cam Ranh port half a month later.

Vietnam is expected to receive the third Russia-made submarine in 2014, which will be named HQ184- Hai Phong.

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UPDATE

Fourth Submarine for the
Vietnamese Navy will be
Launched on March 28

MOSCOW, RIA Novosti - The
fourth submarine of Project 636
for the Vietnamese Navy will be
launched on March 28 in St.
Petersburg "Admiralty
Shipyards" , told RIA Novosti on
Friday, a source in the military-
industrial complex (MIC) .

Russia and Vietnam signed a
contract for six diesel -electric
submarines ( SSK ) Project 636
"Kilo" worth about $ 2 billion at
the end of 2009. Project 636
diesel-electric submarines for
the Vietnamese Navy will be
armed with missile complex
"Club-S" .

" The official ceremony of
launching another submarine for
Vietnam will be held March 28 at
the Admiralty Shipyards"- a
spokesman said.

He recalled that the two submarines are already in
Vietnam. Third undergoing sea
trials. "By the summer planned to
be completed and sent a boat to
the customer," - said the source.

The fifth submarine has been laid
and is still under construction.
"The sixth submarine will be laid
this year," - said the agency
interlocutor

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