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nice, that brings the total number of gunships to 8.On October 24, The Coast Guard Command signed a contract with Hong Ha Shipbuilding Company under the General Department of Defence Industry for building 4 more high-speed patrol boats TT-400 (the number 6,7,8,9 ).
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I just check the news again. you are right. in 2006 Vietnam signed $1b contract with Russia for 8 Molniya warships: 2 built by Russia, 6 by Vietnam shipyard Ba Son. some months ago, I read from a source Vietnam Navy is very satisfied with the performance of the warship and intends to have 10 more. unclear if the contract is signed yet.The dozen comes from the current program of 8 plus the option for an extra 4.
When they say 6 under construction, I think they mean the total program of building 6 under license.
I used to have these doubts also and a Navy officer clarified things for me.
Actually, I wish you would be right because that means more ships, but according to the navy people is just 8 total now.
It could also be possible that the navy already decided to do the option for the other 4 and now they are already working on a program of 12; in that case we would be talking about the same thing.
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