Vietnam Navy buys Russian emergencies simulator

The Vietnamese Navy has bought Gefest/Hephaestus complex simulating emergency situations on board from St. Petersburg-based Aqua-Servis company.

The Vietnamese Navy has bought Gefest/Hephaestus complex simulating emergency situations on board from St. Petersburg-based Aqua-Servis company.

Vietnam News Agency quoted the Voice of Russia saying the training complex will be handed over to the Vietnamese side before 2014.

Gefest/Hephaestus is able to simulate emergency situations on board: in simulated compartments sailors can practice dealing with water, fire and excessive smoke.

The radio also reported that the Russian Ministry of Defence plans to purchase this training complex.

In 2011, the simulator was supplied to Russia’s Coast Guard Border Service.