The Submarine Force is a component and virtual

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of the

Vietnam People's Navy The Vietnam People's Navy (VPN; ), internally the Naval Service (), also known as the Vietnamese People's Navy or simply Vietnam/Vietnamese Navy (), is the naval branch of the Vietnam People's Army and is responsible for the protection of the ...

which deals with

submarine warfare Submarine warfare is one of the four divisions of underwater warfare, the others being anti-submarine warfare, Naval mine, mine warfare and Naval mine, mine countermeasures. Submarine warfare consists primarily of Diesel engine, diesel and nu ...

. The force is made up of 6

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made Kilo-class submarines. Currently, the force consists of the 196th Submarine-Commando Bridage and the 189th Submarine Brigade.

History

In 1996, the highly-classified 196th Brigade was established by the Vietnam People's Navy to operate the Yugo-class submarines. Its operations are allegedly associated with the Naval Commando, Vietnam People's Navy. In 2009, the VPN ordered 6

Kilo-class submarine The Kilo-class submarines are a group of diesel-electric attack submarines designed by the Rubin Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and built originally for the Soviet Navy. The first version had the Soviet designation Project ...

submarines from

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. The total value of the contract was 4.3 billion

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. The contract also includes the training of Vietnamese sailors and the construction of a class-1 standard submarine crew training center at

Cam Ranh Bay Cam Ranh Bay () is a deep-water bay in Vietnam in Khánh Hòa Province. It is located at an inlet of the South China Sea situated on the southeastern coast of Vietnam, between Phan Rang and Nha Trang, approximately 290 kilometers (180 miles) nor ...

. On 29 May 2013, the VPN officially established the submarine force and the creation of the 189th Submarine Brigade at Cam Ranh Bay.

Boats

References

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