Factory X55 is located in Can Tho City, with the task of repairing and ensuring technical safety of ships, weapons, and technical equipment for the Navy, military units of Military Region 9, repairing ships for the Royal Cambodian Navy; at the same time, producing, trading, and doing business according to the business functions. From a small-scale technical safety facility, with the attention and investment of all levels, the Factory has gradually built and developed comprehensively in all aspects; generations of officers, soldiers, workers, and employees of the Factory are always united, proactive, creative, overcoming difficulties, increasingly affirming its reputation and brand.

A corner of the X55 Navy Factory. Photo: DUY KHÁNH

The factory has affirmed itself as a prestigious address for technical assurance and ship repair of units in the Army; annually repairing from 25 to 30 military ships, with many types such as: patrol ships, transport ships, amphibious transport ships, fishing logistics services; fishing control ships, military medical logistics ships, troop carriers... synchronously repairing all types of combat ships; all types of rescue tugs; improving and modernizing main equipment, related to the vitality of ships and general features of some types of modern, complex combat ships. This is the result of the efforts of officers, employees, and workers, marking a step forward in mastering ship repair technology of the unit.

In recent years, the shipbuilding work of the Factory has made important progress. Up to now, it has mastered the technology and process of building new fishing control vessels, aluminum alloy hull ships, landing transport ships, and tugboats. Newly built products are more diverse in types and tonnage, both steel hull and aluminum alloy hull, such as medium-sized patrol vessels, service ships and military transport ships, fishing logistics up to 1,000 tons; conventional sea transport ships with a tonnage of up to 4,500 tons, ships serving sea tourism ; tugboats and cargo ships; tugboats with a capacity of up to 4,440HP and large-sized deck barges; dry cargo ships from 1,000 to 3,200 tons. Every year, the Factory always fulfills its targets and plans well, the production value of the following year is higher than the previous year; By 2025, the average income of workers will reach 18.85 million VND/month.

In addition to the core political tasks, the Party Committee and the Board of Directors of the Factory always focus on improving the leadership capacity and fighting strength of grassroots party organizations and Party committees at all levels, linking the building of party organizations with the building of cadres and the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style. Regularly promote propaganda, political and ideological education; effectively implement the Emulation Movement for Victory. Military training, combat readiness, and ensuring unit safety are always of concern to leaders and commanders at all levels; well implementing the three breakthroughs in adjusting organizational structure; training and education; building discipline, enforcing discipline and administrative reform.

The factory always cares about and ensures full policies and regimes for cadres, workers, employees; salary, bonus, social insurance, health insurance, hardship allowance; maintains a close relationship with the Party Committee, government, local people and agencies and units in the area. Every year, in coordination with the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of Can Tho City Party Committee and Vinh Long Provincial Party Committee, organizes propaganda about seas and islands, propaganda to attract human resources; supports people in the work of preventing and fighting epidemics, drought, and saltwater intrusion. The movement "The Navy joins hands to build new rural areas and civilized urban areas" and the activity "The Navy sponsors fishermen's children" have been deployed by the factory and have many effective and practical ways. In 2024 and 2025 alone, the factory recruited and created jobs for 38 local workers; Supported and donated more than 720 million VND to build 2 policy houses and 2 houses for poor households; carried out mass mobilization and social security activities in the area... thereby contributing to strengthening the solidarity relationship between the Factory and local Party committees, authorities, organizations and people.

50 years of construction, development and growth, generations of cadres, soldiers, workers and employees of the Factory have built the tradition of "Proactively creating, overcoming difficulties, uniting and cooperating, completing tasks". Promoting that fine tradition, the Factory continues to strive to build a strong unit in national defense, good at production and business in the Mekong Delta region, contributing to firmly protecting the sovereignty of the sea, islands and continental shelf of the Fatherland.

With the outstanding achievements over the past 50 years, the Factory has been awarded many noble prizes by the Party and the State. In particular, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its tradition, the Factory was honored to receive the First Class Fatherland Protection Medal from the President for the second time. This is a worthy reward, a source of pride for generations of cadres, workers and employees; an important milestone affirming the development and growth of Factory X55 in the new era.

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