Vietnam Starts Construction of Largest Domestic Anti-Submarine Frigate
- Vietnam has started building its largest and most advanced domestically made anti-submarine frigate at the Song Thu Shipyard in Danang City.
- Most of the vessel's weapons and military equipment will be developed or assembled within Vietnam, highlighting the country's focus on domestic defense production.
- Vietnam's policy aims for a defense industry that is autonomous, self-reliant, dual-use, and modern.
- Viettel and other defense research units are collaborating with the navy and shipyard to develop and install the frigate’s weapons and equipment.
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Vietnam has begun construction of a new multi-purpose anti-submarine frigate for its navy, which the government says is the largest and most modern warship Vietnam has ever designed and built domestically.
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The groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new multi-purpose anti-submarine frigate – the largest and most modern combat vessel ever built by Vietnam – recently took place in Da Nang City.
Vietnamese military media reported that the authorities have begun construction of what they call the "largest and most technologically advanced" domestically produced anti-submarine patrol ship.
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