Ha Long Shipyard builds Viet Nam’s largest cargo ship

The Ha Long Shipyard in northeastern Quang Ninh province has signed a contract to build a 54,000-tonne cargo ship for Vinashin Lines, a forwarding company owned by the Vinashin Group.

The vessel, designed by the Science and Technology Institute of the Shipbuilding Industry, will be the largest cargo ship designed and built by Vietnamese experts and engineers so far.