In recent storms, the An Hoa ship lock, located between Tam Quang and Tam Giang communes in Nui Thanh district, Quang Nam province, has become a safe shelter for thousands of fishing vessels. The province is continuing to invest nearly 100 billion VND (around 4.5 million USD) in building two breakwaters and a network of internal roads to provide a safe shelter for vessels with a high capacity of over 1000 CV during the storm season.

Every year, local fishermen in Quang Nam province catch over 94,000 tonnes of seafood of all types. To ensure safe fishing during the storm season, the province has worked hard to speed up construction of key works, especially the An Hoa ship lock, so that they can be put into use before this year’s storm season.

With a coastline stretching more than 125 km andꦰ an exclusive economic zone of more than 40,000 sq km, Quang Nam identifies fishing as a key economic sector. Therefore, in addition to efforts to build a logistics service base for fisheries to meet the needs of long-term seafaring, the investment in building more ship locks for vessels to avoid storms has been a pressꦺing need./.