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an article from the Diplomat over the possibility of Vietnam to acquire nuclear weapons.
the main point is although Vietnam is a member of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and Treaty of Bangkok, all of those commitments are just pieces of paper and do not hinder Vietnam to acquire nuclear weapons. It is the United States that decides and has the final say.
That means the way for us to become a nuclear weapons state to get close with uncle Sam.
The Need to Tread Cautiously on a US-Vietnam Nuclear Deal | The Diplomat
handshake between the US and Vietnam defence chiefs.
the main point is although Vietnam is a member of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and Treaty of Bangkok, all of those commitments are just pieces of paper and do not hinder Vietnam to acquire nuclear weapons. It is the United States that decides and has the final say.
That means the way for us to become a nuclear weapons state to get close with uncle Sam.
The Need to Tread Cautiously on a US-Vietnam Nuclear Deal | The Diplomat
handshake between the US and Vietnam defence chiefs.
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an article from the Diplomat over the possibility of Vietnam to acquire nuclear weapons.
the main point is although Vietnam is a member of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and Treaty of Bangkok, all of those commitments are just pieces of paper and do not hinder Vietnam to acquire nuclear weapons. It is the United States that decides and has the final say.
That means the way for us to become a nuclear weapons state to get close with uncle Sam.
The Need to Tread Cautiously on a US-Vietnam Nuclear Deal | The Diplomat
handshake between the US and Vietnam defence chiefs.
good news.
we have to do it and don't let the enemy threaten us daily like recently.
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Yes, the key to increase our national security is a close economic and military alliance with the United States.
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Vietnam, Israel seeking to boost the defence ties.
It appears that Vietnamese army looks to form a network of defence alliance with the United States a the core and other NATO members including Israel. the recent high ranking visits from Poland and Czech defence and army chiefs (both NATO members) are a hint of this.
Israel - Vietnam Seeking Major Boost in Defense Ties | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
It appears that Vietnamese army looks to form a network of defence alliance with the United States a the core and other NATO members including Israel. the recent high ranking visits from Poland and Czech defence and army chiefs (both NATO members) are a hint of this.
Israel - Vietnam Seeking Major Boost in Defense Ties | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
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Another good article to read:
China's Crafty South China Sea Gambit. The National Interest
China's Crafty South China Sea Gambit | The National Interest
China's Crafty South China Sea Gambit. The National Interest
China's Crafty South China Sea Gambit | The National Interest
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well, that move of China is expected. Nobody should hold illusion.
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http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com...andoff-with-china/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Vietnam Gives Brief Show of Openness in Standoff With China
By AUSTIN RAMZY
AUGUST 11, 2014 6:44 AMAugust 11, 2014 8:54 am
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Vietnamese Coast Guard crew members guided their vessel outside Da Nang harbor on their way to a Chinese oil rig located in disputed waters near the Paracel Islands.Credit Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
The trip to the rig made clear the vastness of the 1,400,000-square-mile sea. From Da Nang, it took at least 10 hours to reach the cobalt blue waters south of the Paracels. The rings of Chinese protective ships meant that Vietnamese vessels could approach no closer than eight to 10 miles from the rig.
On our voyage out, the first Chinese vessels, a small fishing fleet, were spotted about 45 miles west of the rig. An hour later, the first Chinese Coast Guard vessel appeared.
About 20 miles from the rig, two vessels the Vietnamese Coast Guard said were Chinese Navy missile corvettes, one with the hull number 751, came into view to the north. Vietnam says there were about four to six Chinese military vessels among the more than 100 Chinese ships patrolling around the rig, along with Chinese Coast Guard and fishing boats.
Some briefly pursued the Vietnamese ship, then pulled off. Vietnamese sailors say the pursuits become more heated the closer one gets to the rig. On our trip, CSB-8003 could only get about 13 miles from the rig before a ship from the China Maritime Safety Administration blocked its path and forced a retreat.
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Hung Nguyen Van, captain of the CSB-8003, answering questions from Vietnamese and foreign journalists.Credit Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
Late that evening, the reporters on board CSB-8003 heard the first rumors that China had begun to move its rig. It wasn’t until the following afternoon that a Vietnamese Coast Guard officer confirmed that the rig had been towed out of waters claimed by the Vietnamese. At that point, our colleagues in Beijing and elsewhere had already begun reporting on the announcement from the China National Petroleum Corporation that the rig was being relocated. The journalists on the ship were physically closest to the rig, yet distant from any timely information about it.
That wasn’t the only sign that the Vietnamese Coast Guard was still wary of the foreign reporters it had invited aboard.
When Gilles and I discovered that our satellite terminal wasn’t working, we asked coast guard personnel whether they could send some text and photos to our editors. That meant, however, that the officers on the ship could see our work before transmission.
On the third day, as we began our return to Da Nang, a minder from the Da Nang Department of Foreign Affairs told us there was a problem with a photo. The image showed a coast guard crew member scanning the sea through binoculars. But he was wearing sandals, which aren’t regulation footwear.
We argued that the objection was silly. The sandals were barely visible at the base of the photo.
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The photo to which the Da Nang Department of Foreign Affairs objected: A crew member scanning the horizon with less-than-regulation footwear.Credit Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
The coast guard at first wouldn’t relent, and offered to present a crew member in regulation footwear. Gilles refused, saying he wouldn’t photograph a staged scene. If they wouldn’t send the original photo, then we would send no photo with the dispatch, he said. Eventually the coast guard relented and agreed to send the image.
Upon arrival in Da Nang, we learned that the photo and the story had only been sent shortly before we reached land. The debate over the photo, then, was pointless. Had we waited a short while longer, we could have sent it ourselves.
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At the regional headquarters of the coast guard in Da Nang, a poster shows the Chinese oil rig near the Paracel Islands.Credit Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
Vietnam Gives Brief Show of Openness in Standoff With China
By AUSTIN RAMZY
AUGUST 11, 2014 6:44 AMAugust 11, 2014 8:54 am
Photo
Vietnamese Coast Guard crew members guided their vessel outside Da Nang harbor on their way to a Chinese oil rig located in disputed waters near the Paracel Islands.Credit Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
The trip to the rig made clear the vastness of the 1,400,000-square-mile sea. From Da Nang, it took at least 10 hours to reach the cobalt blue waters south of the Paracels. The rings of Chinese protective ships meant that Vietnamese vessels could approach no closer than eight to 10 miles from the rig.
On our voyage out, the first Chinese vessels, a small fishing fleet, were spotted about 45 miles west of the rig. An hour later, the first Chinese Coast Guard vessel appeared.
About 20 miles from the rig, two vessels the Vietnamese Coast Guard said were Chinese Navy missile corvettes, one with the hull number 751, came into view to the north. Vietnam says there were about four to six Chinese military vessels among the more than 100 Chinese ships patrolling around the rig, along with Chinese Coast Guard and fishing boats.
Some briefly pursued the Vietnamese ship, then pulled off. Vietnamese sailors say the pursuits become more heated the closer one gets to the rig. On our trip, CSB-8003 could only get about 13 miles from the rig before a ship from the China Maritime Safety Administration blocked its path and forced a retreat.
Photo
Hung Nguyen Van, captain of the CSB-8003, answering questions from Vietnamese and foreign journalists.Credit Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
Late that evening, the reporters on board CSB-8003 heard the first rumors that China had begun to move its rig. It wasn’t until the following afternoon that a Vietnamese Coast Guard officer confirmed that the rig had been towed out of waters claimed by the Vietnamese. At that point, our colleagues in Beijing and elsewhere had already begun reporting on the announcement from the China National Petroleum Corporation that the rig was being relocated. The journalists on the ship were physically closest to the rig, yet distant from any timely information about it.
That wasn’t the only sign that the Vietnamese Coast Guard was still wary of the foreign reporters it had invited aboard.
When Gilles and I discovered that our satellite terminal wasn’t working, we asked coast guard personnel whether they could send some text and photos to our editors. That meant, however, that the officers on the ship could see our work before transmission.
On the third day, as we began our return to Da Nang, a minder from the Da Nang Department of Foreign Affairs told us there was a problem with a photo. The image showed a coast guard crew member scanning the sea through binoculars. But he was wearing sandals, which aren’t regulation footwear.
We argued that the objection was silly. The sandals were barely visible at the base of the photo.
Photo
The photo to which the Da Nang Department of Foreign Affairs objected: A crew member scanning the horizon with less-than-regulation footwear.Credit Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
The coast guard at first wouldn’t relent, and offered to present a crew member in regulation footwear. Gilles refused, saying he wouldn’t photograph a staged scene. If they wouldn’t send the original photo, then we would send no photo with the dispatch, he said. Eventually the coast guard relented and agreed to send the image.
Upon arrival in Da Nang, we learned that the photo and the story had only been sent shortly before we reached land. The debate over the photo, then, was pointless. Had we waited a short while longer, we could have sent it ourselves.
Photo
At the regional headquarters of the coast guard in Da Nang, a poster shows the Chinese oil rig near the Paracel Islands.Credit Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
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Vietnam, Czech Republic sign deal to support defence trade
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Industry
18 August 2014
Vietnam and the Czech Republic have signed in Hanoi an agreement that cements the European country's position as one of the biggest suppliers of military equipment to the Vietnamese armed forces.
The agreement - signed on 15 August - coincided with further meetings in Hanoi between Vietnamese and US defence officials about an expansion of the two countries' strategic partnership: efforts that add momentum to any US decision to ease its long-standing ban on lethal defence items to the Southeast Asian country.
The Vietnam government said its preliminary agreement with the Czech Republic features a pledge to collaborate in military technologies, training, maintenance and repair, and wider defence industrial activity in unspecified fields.
Vietnam, Czech Republic sign deal to support defence trade
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Industry
18 August 2014
Vietnam and the Czech Republic have signed in Hanoi an agreement that cements the European country's position as one of the biggest suppliers of military equipment to the Vietnamese armed forces.
The agreement - signed on 15 August - coincided with further meetings in Hanoi between Vietnamese and US defence officials about an expansion of the two countries' strategic partnership: efforts that add momentum to any US decision to ease its long-standing ban on lethal defence items to the Southeast Asian country.
The Vietnam government said its preliminary agreement with the Czech Republic features a pledge to collaborate in military technologies, training, maintenance and repair, and wider defence industrial activity in unspecified fields.
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Kilo #3 currently on sea trail and will be transferred soon this year.
Third Kilo submarine to arrive in Vietnam in November - News VietNamNet
Third Kilo submarine to arrive in Vietnam in November - News VietNamNet
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Peace cannot be compromised or imposed: Deputy Defence Minister
Having weathered every war, Vietnam will never accept any compromise over peace, and a country that uses its military power to coercively pressure another will eventually pay a precipitous price, says Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh.
Senior Lieutenant General Vinh made the statement in an interview granted to VNExpress on the sidelines of an international conference on multilateral diplomacy held recently in Hanoi. Following are excerpts from the interview.
Gen. Vinh, How does multilateral diplomacy impact on national defence and security?
This is the first time we have organised such a conference reviewing Vietnam’s engagement in regional and global cooperation structure. The participation of globally renowned politicians and scholars is testimony to the openness in Vietnam’s foreign policy. In other words, our policymaking is transparent.
On national defence, this multilateral forum is preventing conflicts and wars.
We have attended numerous international forums, let alone this forum in Hanoi. The fact is that our voice has been recognised internationally because Vietnam not only pays attention to its interest, but links them to the interests of other countries in the region and the rest of the world.
The recent tension in the East Sea is a case in point. Vietnam’s stance [of settling of territorial disputes through peaceful means and in accordance with international law] has received great support from the international community.
You have said ‘The world is totally in chaos if a self-localized nation self-imposes its will on common problems of the world’. In fact, chaos is erupting here and there. What is your opinion of this?
In a flat world, the interests of each country depend on the common development of the whole community. If a country imposes itself on other countries for its own best interests, it will eventually have to pay the price and sooner or later suffer defeat.
It is said that a big state wins over a smaller state, yet I think this development rule will not serve the big state well if the goal is to achieve sustainable peace. A country can use its power to coercively seize interests of another country, but it will forever face irresolvable serious consequences. Peace, stability and development cannot be achieved through coercion or imposition.
Looking back on Vietnam’s history, we won all the past wars waged by foreign aggression. We won not because we were more powerful than our enemies, but the world and our foes realised that they were unjust wars.
In multilateral relations, countries’ interests are different and even contradictory. What challenges is Vietnam confronted with in defending its sovereignty, especially at various multilateral forums where Vietnam has smaller voice?
In international relations, it is a normal occurrence that a contradiction may arise from countries in defending their interests. However, countries have many things in common that can be used to settle differences. Multilateral relations are to find out the common interests for cooperation and settle differences, playing by the rules.
At the Hanoi conference on multilateral diplomacy, the Prime Minister emphasized that Vietnam is shifting its position from ‘positive’ to ‘active’, contributing to building the rules. This is a common trend globally. General institutions will help countries avoid conflict and escalation.
In the face of challenges, we make public our proper behaviour, by raising the issue of not only our national sovereignty, but also the interests of other countries, notably security in the region and the world.
For example, if the East Sea is unilaterally controlled by a country, regional peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation is threatened, and this is the matter of not only Vietnam but the international community.
The biggest national defence lesson we have learnt is that a war ends in success only when it is a just or righteous war. The world should be fully aware of this lesson, so as to prevent a country taking any unilateral actions or using force against Vietnam.
Vietnam’s defence policy heightens peace and self-defence, but Vietnam will never accept peace through compromise and imposition.
Is a military cooperation agreement between countries of similar concern valuable to Vietnam given the current context?
In foreign relations in general and multilateral relations in particular, Vietnam does not target any country in defending its sovereignty. We need a consensus of all nations sharing common interests and affected if Vietnam's sovereignty is threatened.
Engaging in an alliance with a group of countries means we will restrict our interests in a local framework. The greatest strength of Vietnamese nation lies in the great national unity bloc, independence, self-reliance, and expanded relations under the motto of multilateralization and diversification of international relations.
Development must be based on trust, so how will Vietnam-China relations be improved following the recent setback?
Although there are a number of differences that need to be resolved in bilateral relations, Vietnam and China have huge interests to reconcile these differences. It is time to re-evaluate areas of bilateral relations.
China proposed putting aside disputes and developing together. We can accept this proposal only when both sides figure out where the dispute comes from, in accordance with international law, not carrying out unilateral actions, especially not using force or disguised force.
Strategic trust is developed from strategic interests. The more strategic interests, the more strategic trust grows. It is no easy task, but I believe both Vietnam and China are able to harmonise their interests for common development.
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Peace cannot be compromised or imposed: Deputy Defence Minister
Having weathered every war, Vietnam will never accept any compromise over peace, and a country that uses its military power to coercively pressure another will eventually pay a precipitous price, says Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh.
Senior Lieutenant General Vinh made the statement in an interview granted to VNExpress on the sidelines of an international conference on multilateral diplomacy held recently in Hanoi. Following are excerpts from the interview.
Gen. Vinh, How does multilateral diplomacy impact on national defence and security?
This is the first time we have organised such a conference reviewing Vietnam’s engagement in regional and global cooperation structure. The participation of globally renowned politicians and scholars is testimony to the openness in Vietnam’s foreign policy. In other words, our policymaking is transparent.
On national defence, this multilateral forum is preventing conflicts and wars.
We have attended numerous international forums, let alone this forum in Hanoi. The fact is that our voice has been recognised internationally because Vietnam not only pays attention to its interest, but links them to the interests of other countries in the region and the rest of the world.
The recent tension in the East Sea is a case in point. Vietnam’s stance [of settling of territorial disputes through peaceful means and in accordance with international law] has received great support from the international community.
You have said ‘The world is totally in chaos if a self-localized nation self-imposes its will on common problems of the world’. In fact, chaos is erupting here and there. What is your opinion of this?
In a flat world, the interests of each country depend on the common development of the whole community. If a country imposes itself on other countries for its own best interests, it will eventually have to pay the price and sooner or later suffer defeat.
It is said that a big state wins over a smaller state, yet I think this development rule will not serve the big state well if the goal is to achieve sustainable peace. A country can use its power to coercively seize interests of another country, but it will forever face irresolvable serious consequences. Peace, stability and development cannot be achieved through coercion or imposition.
Looking back on Vietnam’s history, we won all the past wars waged by foreign aggression. We won not because we were more powerful than our enemies, but the world and our foes realised that they were unjust wars.
In multilateral relations, countries’ interests are different and even contradictory. What challenges is Vietnam confronted with in defending its sovereignty, especially at various multilateral forums where Vietnam has smaller voice?
In international relations, it is a normal occurrence that a contradiction may arise from countries in defending their interests. However, countries have many things in common that can be used to settle differences. Multilateral relations are to find out the common interests for cooperation and settle differences, playing by the rules.
At the Hanoi conference on multilateral diplomacy, the Prime Minister emphasized that Vietnam is shifting its position from ‘positive’ to ‘active’, contributing to building the rules. This is a common trend globally. General institutions will help countries avoid conflict and escalation.
In the face of challenges, we make public our proper behaviour, by raising the issue of not only our national sovereignty, but also the interests of other countries, notably security in the region and the world.
For example, if the East Sea is unilaterally controlled by a country, regional peace, stability, security, safety and freedom of navigation and aviation is threatened, and this is the matter of not only Vietnam but the international community.
The biggest national defence lesson we have learnt is that a war ends in success only when it is a just or righteous war. The world should be fully aware of this lesson, so as to prevent a country taking any unilateral actions or using force against Vietnam.
Vietnam’s defence policy heightens peace and self-defence, but Vietnam will never accept peace through compromise and imposition.
Is a military cooperation agreement between countries of similar concern valuable to Vietnam given the current context?
In foreign relations in general and multilateral relations in particular, Vietnam does not target any country in defending its sovereignty. We need a consensus of all nations sharing common interests and affected if Vietnam's sovereignty is threatened.
Engaging in an alliance with a group of countries means we will restrict our interests in a local framework. The greatest strength of Vietnamese nation lies in the great national unity bloc, independence, self-reliance, and expanded relations under the motto of multilateralization and diversification of international relations.
Development must be based on trust, so how will Vietnam-China relations be improved following the recent setback?
Although there are a number of differences that need to be resolved in bilateral relations, Vietnam and China have huge interests to reconcile these differences. It is time to re-evaluate areas of bilateral relations.
China proposed putting aside disputes and developing together. We can accept this proposal only when both sides figure out where the dispute comes from, in accordance with international law, not carrying out unilateral actions, especially not using force or disguised force.
Strategic trust is developed from strategic interests. The more strategic interests, the more strategic trust grows. It is no easy task, but I believe both Vietnam and China are able to harmonise their interests for common development.
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