The Industrial College of the Armed Forces Visits Shipyards

Economic specialist Tran Ha Nguyen (left) and Economic officer Dovas Saulys at the Vinashin Saigon Shipbuilding Enterprise. Located on the Saigon River, this shipyard is equipped to build vessels of up to 15,000 dead weight tons.

To better understand Vietnam's growing role in the global shipbuilding industry, sixteen students and faculty of the National Defense University's Industrial College of the Armed Forces visited shipyards in HCMC and neighboring Ba Ria Vung Tau province May 5 through 8.  Accompanied by Economic specialist Tran Ha Nguyen and Economic officer Dovas Saulys, the group met with members of the Vietnam Shipbuilding Association and toured state-owned as well as private domestic and foreign-owned shipyards.