More steel ship handed over to Quang Ngai fisherman
Another steel fishing vessel was handed over to a fisherman in Duc Pho district’s Pho Quang commune of central Quang Ngai province on November 22.
The 12-billion-VND steel vessel (Source: VNA)Quang Ngai (VNA) – Another steel fishing vessel was handed over to a fisherman in Duc Pho district’s Pho Quang commune of central Quang Ngai province on November 22.
This is the 12th steel ship of its kind built with preferential credits from the provincial Fishermen Support Fund as instructed in the Government’s Decree 67/2014/ND-CP designed to boost the development of the fishery industry, including a programme on building high-capacity, steel boats for deep sea fishing.
The vessel was built by Nha Trang Shipbuilding Company at a total cost of 12 billion VND (528,000 USD). It has a capacity of 811CV and measures 26m long, 7m wide and 3.4m high.
The ship will be run by a crew of 10 trained members. The owner of the vessel, Huynh Thach, 44, said the vessel will help him fish off-shore effectively and safely.
Also on this occasion, the Fund provided an aid package worth 269 million VND (11,836 USD) to support local needy fishermen./.
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