The Rolldock Star should arrive at Cam Ranh Port in Khanh Hoa province in the early hours of January 28, completing its 44-day journey transporting the submersible warship from St. Petersburg, Russia.
Pursuant to contract, Russia has agreed to construct six diesel-electric submarines for Vietnam at a cost of US$2 billion. Vietnam previously took possession of the first two vessels, the HQ-182 Hanoi and HQ-183 Ho Chi Minh City.
The fourth, the HQ-185 Danang, is in the pipeline currently undergoing sea trials at the Baltic Sea. Construction of the fifth, the HQ-186 Khanh Hoa, got underway in December 2014 and work on the sixth, the HQ-187 Ba Ria-Vung Tau, began in May 2014.
