The Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam Company on Nov. 13 shipped its first batch of desalination equipment worth 40 million USD to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The equipment, the first of its kind to be manufactured by a company in Vietnam , weighs 4,000 tonnes and measures 10.6m in height, 29.2m in width and is 100.4m long. It is capable of producing 450,000 litres of fresh water from seawater a day.

On addressing the event, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said that Doosan Vina is one of the largest foreign-invested projects in Vietnamese heavy industry. The company’s export of desalination equipment to the UAE has taken Vietnamese heavy industry to a new level of development, he said.

The deputy PM urged Doosan Vina to maintain the rate of its growth and to focus on manufacturing desalination equipment, as well as improving the skills of its workers, which will contribute further to the development of the Dung Quat economic zone and Quang Ngai province as a whole.

On the occasion, Doosan Vina donated 200 million VND to the provinces Fatherland Front and an additional 100 million VND to Binh Son district to support local residents who were affected by typhoon Ketsana./.