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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Second Russian-built Kilo-class sub arrives in Vietnam

HQ-183 Ho Chi Minh CityThe HQ-183 Ho Chi Minh City submarine, the second of six Kilo-class submarines Vietnam has contracted to buy from Russia, entered Cam Ranh Bay in the central province of Khanh Hoa aboard a Dutch heavy lift on Wednesday evening.

The submarine will be towed into the Cam Ranh military port after customs and security procedures are completed, which is expected to take two days.

It is now on board the Rolldock Star, the heavy lift that left Kaliningrad’s Yantar shipyard in Russia on February 3, which is anchored in the bay in front of the Hoi cape.

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