The Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) has snatched up two large contracts with UK partners worth $800m. The contracts were executed during the Viet Nam Days in the UK business forum on trade, investment and tourism last Friday in London. Vinashin inked a $100m deal with Graig Investment Ltd to build 25 ships and another to build a floating oil tank for the Viet Nam Oil and Gas Corporation (PetroVietnam), worth $680 million. The latter deal was signed with Monobuyo Co, Petromaritime Consulting and London Maritime Consultants. In 2003, Vinashin signed contracts with the company worth $500 million to build 6,500- and 12,000-DWT freighters and 13,000 DWT container ships. It also won another $322.5 million contract to build 15 cargo ships of 53,000 DWT each in 2004.