Further boost for Vietnam CG

Another capacity boost.

Metal Shark Delivers Six More Patrol Boats to Vietnam Coast Guard

Another six new military patrol boats built by Louisiana, USA-based shipbuilder Metal Shark have been delivered to the Vietnam Coast Guard. This newest round of vessels follows an initial six-vessel delivery of Metal Shark 45-foot Defiant-class patrol boats to the Vietnam Coast Guard in the province of Quang Nam in May of 2017.

Underscoring the increasingly cordial relationship between Washington and Hanoi, the delivery follows back-to-back U.S. presidential visits to Vietnam from President Obama in 2016 and President Trump in 2017, a visit by Secretary of Defense James Mattis in January 2018, and a visit by the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson – the first visit to Vietnam by a U.S. aircraft carrier in over four decades – in early March.

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Source: maritime-executive.com

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