Communications equipment offered to fishermen in coastal provinces

by VTV421 December 2015 Last updated at 12:42 PM

VTV.vn - The Ministry of Information and Communications, the Vietnam Red Cross Society, Voice of Vietnam (VOV), and Vietnam Television have granted 747 ICOM radio sets to fishermen in 24 coastal provinces.

A ceremony to donate the equipment took place in Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan southern province on Sunday, Dec 20th, where nearly 400 thousand USD in public donations was received. The ICOM radios will be installed in ships without communication equipment, and are expected to help fishermen get weather forecast updates so that they can avoid storms.

Tags:

Top VND Exchange Rates

Auto-refesh 15m

USD

EUR

AUD
1 VND
Inverse:
0.00004
22,510.0
0.00004
25,226.0
0.00006
15,674.0

Mid-market rates: 2024-03-29 02:40 UTC

WEATHER FORECAST