The Song Thu Corporation under the General Department of Defence Industry has completed a modern tug boat, the first in a series of four vessels under a cooperation agreement with the Dutch Damen Group.

The 5,600CV tug, 24 metres in length and 11 metres in width, was launched on March 12 in the central city of Da Nang.

The corporation has also built and delivered 30 ships to partners from the Middle East-VNA