LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA (BNS): Vietnam will be receiving the first of six Varshavyanka class (Project 636M) diesel-electric submarines from Russia in 2013.
"The first vessel is undergoing sea trials. It will be delivered to Vietnam this year," Rubin design bureau general director Igor Vilnit was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.
Vietnam ordered a fleet of six Russian-made submarines in 2009. The contract, which also stipulates the training of Vietnamese submarine crews in Russia, is reportedly worth $2 billion.
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