VNBusinessNews – A global provider of health, safety and rescue training services will open a new training centre in Vung Tau, working with local partners Mermaid Maritime Viet Nam and Laternative Company.

Falck Nutec’s new centre will become the first training provider in Viet Nam to be certified by the Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation, a widely -recognised training standards and competence organisation.

The centre will be located next to the premises of Mermaid Maritime Viet Nam and offer a range of products and services to the offshore, marine and aviation industries.

Wan Shukry, regional managing director of Falck Nutec’s Far East Asian activities, said: “With this development, those engaged in the industry will no longer have to look outside the country for the critical and specialised safety training that is needed for the expanding sector.”

The centre is expected to open in April and will be able to immediately take on up to 5,000 students annually.

The centre is a joint venture in which Falck Nutec has 80 per cent of its shares, Mermaid Maritime Viet Nam 15 per cent and Alternative Company 5 per cent.

Ngo Xuan Binh, managing director of Alternative Company, who has visited a Faluk Nutec’s training centre in Esbjerg, Demark, said: “This kind of training will help Vietnamese enterprises upgrade their workplace safety conditions to international standards and thereby provide a robust support to the local oil and gas industry in its expansion into international market.” (VNS)