The 36-metre Tho Chau 09 will be a passenger and freight vessel that will carry up to 25 tonnes of goods and 130 people at 25 knots, the Vietnam news agency said.

It will be constructed for delivery in 2016 at a cost of $2.62m.

The province will also build a ferry for the route from Ha Tien to Tien Hai for handover in the same year.

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