Posted on 13 Mar 2008
Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) President
Pham Thanh Binh says the country’s shipbuilding sector is on track to becoming
the fourth largest in the world by 2015.
He says the industry has never had such bright prospects and
cites the delivery of two 53,000-tonne ships to the
Vinashin now has almost 200 shipyards nationwide and the
capacity to build oil tankers greater than 300,000 tonnes.
It has received orders to build ships worth about 6 billion
USD, including 4 billion USD from countries with advanced shipbuilding
technology such as the
This year, Vinashin’s subsidiary Pha Rung Shipbuilding
Company began construction of a 13,000 DWT oil tanker for a Greek partner. Nam
Trieu Shipbuilding Company also won a 280 million USD contract to build four
car carrying ships, one of which is now under construction.
However, Vinashin General Director Nguyen Quoc Anh says that
while the company has now made its initial 2015 target to be the fifth biggest
shipbuilder in the world, there are still some issues that need to be
addressed.
Currently, only about 30 percent of the materials and
services required to build ships comes from
In a quest to have 60 percent locally-made materials
supplying the industry by 2010, and 75 percent by 2015, Vinashin has set up
large shipyards in three regions of the country.
It has invested heavily in the subsidiary industry and now
owns 18 industrial parks and diesel hydraulic engine and steel plants.
Vinashin has also invested in developing the industry’s
labour force and says this is an important element in its strategy to develop
the sector.
The group annually sends technicians to
