Flag-raising ceremony for two first submarines held in Cam Ranh Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attended a flag-raising ceremony at the Cam Ranh Military Port in Khanh Hoa Province this morning to receive two Kilo submarines, the first submarines of Vietnam. The submarines, named HQ-182 Hanoi and HQ-183 Ho Chi Minh City, have been delivered to Vietnam pursuant to a 2009 contract signed during PM Dung’s visit to Moscow for the purchase of six diesel-powered 636 Varshavyanka (kilo)-class submarines. As scheduled, the third vessel coded HQ 184 Haiphong will be delivered to Vietnam in 2014, and the last of its kind will be handed over by 2016. Here are some pictures of the ceremony:
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A submarine captain reports to the PM.
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