Two fishermen in the central coastal province of Quang Ngai tookdelivery of their new steel-hulled fishing vessels on May 20, whichwere built with preferential credit from the provincial FishermenSupport Fund.
Each vessel has a capacity of 811CV, equipped with a GPS system and other advanced navigation items.
Measuring 26m long, 6.8m wide and 3.8m high, they can run non-stop forone month and are expected to sail out to the sea in early June.
The vessels were built within seven months by Nha Trang shipbuildingcompany at the cost of 8.7 billion VND (400,000 USD) each. The shipowner paid 1.2 billion VND (55,000 USD) by himself, and the rest issourced by the Fishermen Support Fund, to be repaid over a period of 11years with a zero interest rate.
Also on the occasion, theState Bank of Vietnam provided an aid package worth 5 billion VND(232,000 USD) for the Quang Ngai Fishermen Support Fund.
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Le Viet Chu said the localfishing fleet numbers more than 5,500 but most of them are made ofwood, which are cheap to build but have limited operation range and arevulnerable to natural disasters and accidents at sea.
Thebuilding of high-capacity steel boats for deep sea fishing is one of theprogrammes introduced under Government Decree 67/2014/ND-CP to boostfishery development.
The move is expected to increase the volume of fish caught and lift fishermen incomes.-VNA
Each vessel has a capacity of 811CV, equipped with a GPS system and other advanced navigation items.
Measuring 26m long, 6.8m wide and 3.8m high, they can run non-stop forone month and are expected to sail out to the sea in early June.
The vessels were built within seven months by Nha Trang shipbuildingcompany at the cost of 8.7 billion VND (400,000 USD) each. The shipowner paid 1.2 billion VND (55,000 USD) by himself, and the rest issourced by the Fishermen Support Fund, to be repaid over a period of 11years with a zero interest rate.
Also on the occasion, theState Bank of Vietnam provided an aid package worth 5 billion VND(232,000 USD) for the Quang Ngai Fishermen Support Fund.
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Le Viet Chu said the localfishing fleet numbers more than 5,500 but most of them are made ofwood, which are cheap to build but have limited operation range and arevulnerable to natural disasters and accidents at sea.
Thebuilding of high-capacity steel boats for deep sea fishing is one of theprogrammes introduced under Government Decree 67/2014/ND-CP to boostfishery development.
The move is expected to increase the volume of fish caught and lift fishermen incomes.-VNA
