Vietnam’s mega-conglomerate, Vingroup, announced earlier this month that it bought a submarine from Florida-based manufacturer Triton Submarines as a tourist ride attraction.
The DeepView 24 submarine will operate off Hon Tre Island in the South China Sea and can board up to 24 passengers. The submarine’s panoramic windows are ideal for sea viewing, Vingroup says. It did not reveal ticket prices for the submarine rides, but tourist submarines in other countries charge about $100 to $150 per person—close to a month’s minimum wage in parts of Vietnam.
DeepView 24 has been built by Triton Submarines, which manufactured the Limiting Factor submersible that last year made a record-breaking dive to the deepest point in the planet’s oceans, Challenger Deep in the Mariana TrenchFlorida-based Triton said in a statement that DeepView 24 is ‘the most significant commercial tourism submersible to be brought to market in the past two decades’
While the 24 passenger idea definitely catches the eye, size isn’t the only highlight of Triton Submarine’s latest venture. What’s most exciting is the way Triton Submarine has completely revolutionised how commercial ocean tourism has been for the past few decades, introducing an array of new possibilities, at a time when demand for experience-based adventures is on high. Of course, this isn’t the first time the brand has broken records — just last year, the company made headlines with its Limiting Factor, a $48 million submarine that took Victor Vescovo into the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean ever reached, at over 10,000 metres beneath the water’s surface.
The vessel has been commissioned by hospitality firm Vinpearl to provide guest experiences on Hon Tre Island in Nha Trang, Vietnam
Just as impressive as the features, is the price tag that comes with it — the vessel comes at a cost of roughly $7.7 million, and a waiting period of over a year. If buying your own submarine wasn’t quite on your bucket-list, worry not, as Triton Submarine’s Deepview 24 has thankfully been commissioned by Vietnam’s luxury hotel and resort chain Vinpearl, meaning guest experiences will soon be available at a nearby harbour, on Vietnam’s Hon Tre Island.
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understand it. My banking career continued in Yogyakarta when I joined in a program funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB),as the coordinator for a program aimed to help improve the quality of learning and teaching process in private universities in Yogyakarta. When the earthquake stroke Yogyakarta, I chose to join an international NGO working in the area of ?disaster response and management, which allows me to help rebuild the city, as well as other disaster-stricken area in Indonesia. I went on to become the coordinator for emergency response in the Asia Pacific region. Then I was assigned for 1 year in Cambodia, as a country coordinator mostly to deliver developmental programs (water and sanitation, education, livelihood). In 2009, he continued his career as a protocol and HR officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya, and two years later I joined the Political and Economic Section until now, where i have to deal with extensive range of people and government officials, as well as private and government institution troughout eastern Indonesia.
I am the founder and Editor-in-Chief in Good News From Indonesia (GNFI), a growing and influential social media movement, and was selected as one of The Most Influential Netizen 2011 by The Marketeers magazine.
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