VietNamNet Bridge – More and more Vietnamese, from businessmen to engineers, farmers to students, are devoting time and money to creating mini-submarines.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has mastered the process of designing, manufacturing, assembling, operating and testing small-size submarines in accordance with international standards recognized by Germanischer Lloyd.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung applauded Minister of Science, Technology and Natural Resources Nguyen Quan’s bravery for testing a homemade underwater vehicle named Hoa Binh at the Q&A session yesterday.  

VietNamNet Bridge – Engineer Nguyen Quoc Hoa, who invented the Truong Sa mini submarine, has applied for the necessary procedures to obtain a license to test the sub at sea.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Testing of the Truong Sa mini-submarine has been suspended for an indefinite period, as Thai Binh provincial authorities have rejected the inventor’s request to conduct his experiments in the local waters.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The debut of a new mini-submarine, developed by Nguyen Quoc Hoa with his own money, has breathed new life into the dream of a made-in-Vietnam submarine.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It’s too early to say that development of the Truong Sa mini submarine has succeeded. It is still necessary carry out the air independent propulsion (AIP) technology test.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Project 636 Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarine, HQ-185 Khanh Hoa, was floated out at St. Petersburg –based Admiralty Verfi shipyard on March 28.

 VietNamNet Bridge - After a stop at the port of Tenerife, Spain, on February 15, HQ 183 Ho Chi Minh submarine will stop at some ports to refuel before arriving in Cam Ranh in early March.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Interfax-AVN news agency cited the Russian shipbuilding industry group as saying that the second diesel - electric submarine named Ho Chi Minh was transferred to Vietnam on January 16.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Minister of Defense and Navy Command Admiral Nguyen Van Hien hosted a ceremony on January 15, to receive the HQ 182-Hanoi submarine at Cam Ranh port in Khanh Hoa province.

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 VietNamNet Bridge - Representatives from Russia and Vietnam signed a document on the transfer of a submarine sailor training center for the 636 Kilo class submarine in Cam Ranh Bay to the Vietnam Navy.

Russian news agency Interfax – AVN, has reported that the Admiralty Shipyards this year will hand over to the Vietnam Navy, the first of the six diesel-electric submarines of Project 636 Varshavyanka.

 VietNamNet Bridge – According to a press release of the Admiraltei Verfi shipyard, the first Kilo 636 submarine of the six submarines for Vietnam will be handed over to Vietnam in November 2013.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a recent meeting with voters of Phu Cu district in Hung Yen province, Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh said that to modernize the army, Vietnam has ordered six submarines.