The huge ship refuse tip in East Sea A lot of vessels worth trillions of dong have become scrap iron and left useless in the  The disappeared ships According to Do Thai Binh, a member of the Vietnam Oceanographic Society, “The other vessels are still working well, while Bien Dong has been put in mothball for a long time,” Binh said. No information about Bien Dong can be found nowadays on Vietnamese websites, including the Vietnam Register’s list. Has it become the refuse, like many other things donated by other countries? “I made a lot of exertion to look for the information about Bien Dong vessel, and I only found the information in English. Meanwhile, there was only one article about the vessel in 2003 in Vietnamese,” Binh said. Bien Dong was built in “No one knows how the vessel was exploited. After an accident, it only appeared once at the exhibition on the Vietnam-China fisheries cooperation,” Binh said. “It is unclear where it is lying.” Bien Dong is not alone. A lot of other vessels worth trillions of dong are lying somewhere on the sea. Dr. Nguyen Duc Hung from the Most recently, competent agencies revealed that In 2006, Vinashin requested Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Company, one of its subsidiary, to buy Bach Dang Giang ship from Vien Duong shipping firm at VND155 billion. However, the ship could not work because of the serious damage. In 2006 and 2007, Vien Duong, a subsidiary of Vinashin, bought 10 ships worth VND3.13 trillion, or $200 million. All of the ships were more than 15 years old. Since the ships were too old, they could not be registered in In 2005-2010, the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) bought 73 ships, mostly foreign used ones, with the total capacity of 2,005 DWT. The noteworthy thing of the VND22 trillion deal was that 17/33 ships were too old to be registered in The industrial refuse tip in Vietnam Trinh The Cuong, a senior official of the Vietnam Maritime Bureau (Vinamarine), said demolishing ships is the only way to deal with the ships that are too old. Also according to Cuong, Vinamarine is going to propose the government to join the 1992 “It is necessary to lay down a reasonable legal framework for enterprises to operate in accordance with the laws. This would help prevent enterprises from dodging the laws, buying old ships and turning Dat Viet |
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