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☆ Vietnam to Hold Arms Fair in December as Its Seeks to Diversify Supplies
  + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's defence ministry said on Friday it will organise an international arms fair in December, as it seeks to diversify its arms supplies and expand cooperation in arms production and exports. Vietnam held its first international arms fair in December 2022, which attracted 174 exhibitors from 30 countries, including all large arms-making nations except China. The ministry on Friday said "several deals were reached" at that arms fair, without giving further details. The Southeast Asian country has an annual military expenditure of above 2% of its gross domestic product, according to the ministry. Vietnam is producing among other weapons small weapons, ammunitions, drones and armoured vehicles.
Persons: Khanh Vu, Francesco Guarascio, Michael Perry Locations: HANOI, Gia Lam, Hanoi, China, Vietnam
☆ In a first, India gifts active warship to Vietnam
  + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
NEW DELHI, June 28 (Reuters) - An active duty missile corvette of the Indian Navy is on its way to Vietnam as a gift, the first warship given by India to any country. India and Vietnam have strengthened their ties in recent years, with a special focus on defence, as both countries are concerned over an increasingly assertive China. India has given smaller boats and military equipment to countries like Maldives and Mauritius in the past and a submarine to Myanmar. But the corvette for Vietnam is the first time India has given a warship to a Chinese neighbour with a coast on the South China Sea, where several countries have overlapping territorial claims. The warship was commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1991 and has been designed and produced within the country.
Persons: INS Kirpan, Gen Phan Van Giang, Li Shangfu, Krishn Kaushik, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Indian Navy, INS, Vietnam's Defence, Chinese Defence, Thomson Locations: DELHI, Vietnam, India, India's, China, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, South China, gifting, Beijing, Hanoi
☆ China offers closer military cooperation with Vietnam
  + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
BEIJING, June 27 (Reuters) - China is willing to work with Vietnam to strengthen high-level communication and cooperation between their militaries, Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu said on Tuesday as he met his Vietnamese counterpart. Li told Phan that relations between their militaries had developed well, adding that China's military was willing to push relations to a new level. The U.S. navy visit comes amid tension between China and the United States in the South China Sea, most of which China claims, as the two powers jostle for influence in the energy-rich region. Li, appointed defence minister in March, is under U.S. sanctions over his role in a 2017 weapons purchase from Russia's largest arms exporter. As tensions simmer in the South China Sea, where several countries have overlapping territorial claims and also hold military exercises in its waters, any thaw in Sino-U.S. military relations is being closely watched.
Persons: Li Shangfu, Li, Phan Van Giang, Phan, Ronald Reagan, Lloyd Austin, Austin, Nancy Pelosi, Bernard Orr, Kim Coghill, Robert Birsel Organizations: Chinese Defence, U.S, aircraft, U.S . Defence, Beijing, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, China, Vietnam, Beijing, Asia, Pacific, Danang, U.S, United States, South China, Singapore, Taiwan
☆ Exclusive: U.S. defence companies in talks to sell Vietnam helicopters, drones -sources
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Francesco Guarascio | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
A source who was present at the weapons discussions said they involved the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of National Defence. A second person familiar with the matter said talks on drones and helicopters began before the arms fair and have involved more weapons. The U.S. embassy in Hanoi declined to comment, but Ambassador Marc Knapper has said the U.S. stood ready to discuss any military item Vietnam might want to acquire. Sources and analysts said Vietnam is also considering deals with suppliers from Israel, India, and European and Northeast Asian countries. In the last decade, Israel has been the second-biggest seller of weapons to Vietnam after Russia.
☆ Exclusive: U.S. defence companies in talks to sell Vietnam helicopters, drones
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Francesco Guarascio | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
A source who was present at the weapons discussions said they involved the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of National Defence. A second person familiar with the matter said talks on drones and helicopters began before the arms fair and have involved more weapons. The U.S. embassy in Hanoi declined to comment, but Ambassador Marc Knapper has said the U.S. stood ready to discuss any military item Vietnam might want to acquire. Sources and analysts said Vietnam is also considering deals with suppliers from Israel, India, and European and Northeast Asian countries. In the last decade, Israel has been the second-biggest seller of weapons to Vietnam after Russia.
☆ Vietnam holds first international arms expo in Hanoi
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/5] Military arms are displayed at the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022, in Hanoi, Vietnam, December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Khanh VuHANOI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Vietnam on Thursday opened its first large-scale international defence exhibition, as the Southeast Asian country seeks to diversify its arms sources and also to export equipment. The three-day event held at an airport in the capital Hanoi attracted 174 exhibitors from 30 countries, including the United States, Russia and European nations. Officials and analysts said Vietnam is also eyeing a major defence shift as it seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian, which was for decades Vietnam's main supplier of weapons and defence systems. Reporting by Khanh Vu and Francesco Guarancio Editing by Ed DaviesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Analysis: Vietnam shifts gears on arms trade as it loosens ties with Russia
  + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Francesco Guarascio Khanh Vu | Francesco Guarascio | Khanh Vu | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
That made Vietnam one of the top buyers of Russian arms, according to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which tracks global military expenditures. Starting Thursday, the country will host its first large-scale international arms trade fair, for which more than 170 companies from 30 countries have registered, the defence ministry said. The Defence Ministry referred questions about the country's defence industry to the Foreign Ministry, which did not respond to requests for comment. A half-dozen Russian defence firms are registered for the Hanoi fair, including Rosoboronexport, the state agency that imports and exports weapons. That year, the COVID-19 pandemic reduced Vietnam's military imports to only $32 million, of which $9 million worth were Russian arms.
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