Vietnam Defence Forum

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Vietnam Tourism Ambassador, the beauty Ly Nha Ky, with the officials and reporters of the People's Army Newspaper.

Military Insurance Corp. (MIC) donates money to the troops stationing on islands in the SC Sea.

the PM visits the army run Telecom Group Viettel, with revenue reaching $10b last year, employing 85,000 people.

SU-30 Fighter Jets preparing for a live-fire exercise in the military province of Thanh Hoa.

Vietnam made multi-purpose Bofors 40 mm gun.

old footage of the naval gun

 

[Aqsuperman]

Captured M79 is so numerous that it become a standard issued among platoon fire support weapon of the VPA

 

[Viet]

well.........i guess as long as it can shoot then we will keep it :v

Vietnam war area stuffs. I believe those guns are stored for reverse engineering.

 

[Viet]

we are now very close than ever to become the first country in SE Asia that operates nuclear power plants. nearly all preparations are done. that is not saying we will start developing nuclear weapons. in either case, that is more a political decision than a technical one.



Last update 19:22 | 14/10/2015

US wants to assist Vietnam in civil nuclear projects

The US is willing to help Vietnam in its nuclear energy programme, said Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation.

A facility at the nuclear reactor in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.


Vietnam has gone in the right direction, gearing up nuclear engineers and experts to operate facilities, said Countryman, who spoke to local press in Hanoi on October 13. The country has also succeeded in setting up agencies to make regulations on nuclear power.

His office and the US Department of Energy have helped Vietnam prepare for challenges it will face when it starts producing electricity through nuclear energy, Countryman said.

Vietnam needed nuclear experts who were able to operate the most advanced technologies, he stressed, noting that the US, the International Atomic Energy Agency and other partners would continue to assist Vietnam regardless of whether or not the country bought US technology.

Countryman underlined strides seen in Vietnam–US relations since their leaders lifted their ties to a comprehensive partnership in 2013. The countries cooperate in more than 100 fields – the most notable being the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, negotiations on which were concluded on October 5.

US Assistant Secretary of State Thomas M. Countryman

Vietnam and the US inked a civil nuclear cooperation agreement in 2014. Countryman’s current visit to the Southeast Asian nation was to discuss Vietnam’s wish to become the first ASEAN country to make electricity through nuclear energy, he said.

Answering reporters’ questions on the connection between the TPP and energy, Countryman said they have an indirect link. Energy use would increase if Vietnam succeeded in fostering its economic growth through the trade pact. Meanwhile, nuclear energy did not emit carbon and it would help ensure the realisation of commitments to climate change prevention.

During his stay in Vietnam, the official had working sessions with local agencies to discuss political and maritime security, along with Vietnam’s improvement of its regulations and capacity in controlling traded goods.-VNA


US wants to assist Vietnam in civil nuclear projects - News VietNamNet

 

[Aqsuperman]

I believe those guns are stored for reverse engineering.

..........ah i dont think we are going to have too much use for M1 Garrand and Browning M1919 thouh......just stock them for "difficult" time :v Some of the Ar 15 are going to be upgrade to M18

 

[Aepsilons]

we are now very close than ever to become the first country in SE Asia that operates nuclear power plants. nearly all preparations are done. that is not saying we will start developing nuclear weapons. in either case, that is more a political decision than a technical one.



Last update 19:22 | 14/10/2015

US wants to assist Vietnam in civil nuclear projects

The US is willing to help Vietnam in its nuclear energy programme, said Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation.

A facility at the nuclear reactor in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.


Vietnam has gone in the right direction, gearing up nuclear engineers and experts to operate facilities, said Countryman, who spoke to local press in Hanoi on October 13. The country has also succeeded in setting up agencies to make regulations on nuclear power.

His office and the US Department of Energy have helped Vietnam prepare for challenges it will face when it starts producing electricity through nuclear energy, Countryman said.

Vietnam needed nuclear experts who were able to operate the most advanced technologies, he stressed, noting that the US, the International Atomic Energy Agency and other partners would continue to assist Vietnam regardless of whether or not the country bought US technology.

Countryman underlined strides seen in Vietnam–US relations since their leaders lifted their ties to a comprehensive partnership in 2013. The countries cooperate in more than 100 fields – the most notable being the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, negotiations on which were concluded on October 5.

US Assistant Secretary of State Thomas M. Countryman

Vietnam and the US inked a civil nuclear cooperation agreement in 2014. Countryman’s current visit to the Southeast Asian nation was to discuss Vietnam’s wish to become the first ASEAN country to make electricity through nuclear energy, he said.

Answering reporters’ questions on the connection between the TPP and energy, Countryman said they have an indirect link. Energy use would increase if Vietnam succeeded in fostering its economic growth through the trade pact. Meanwhile, nuclear energy did not emit carbon and it would help ensure the realisation of commitments to climate change prevention.

During his stay in Vietnam, the official had working sessions with local agencies to discuss political and maritime security, along with Vietnam’s improvement of its regulations and capacity in controlling traded goods.-VNA


US wants to assist Vietnam in civil nuclear projects - News VietNamNet

 

[Viet]

40 years ago. With the surrender of the South Vietnamese government in April 30, 1975, ends one of the most severe wars on Vietnamese soil: the US-Vietnam war. the conflict involved not only the troops of North and Southern Vietnamese armies and US Armed Forces, but thousands of soldiers from foreign countries including Australians, New Zealanders, South Koreans, Thais, and Philippinos.

Every country remembers the war as it is, how it sees it, and how its tradition and cultures reflect the history. good or bad. I don´t comment. just post here. For America, it was the longest conflict in her history, and the one that ended with a defeat. the places where the Americans remembered the war and their fallen soldiers reflect their psyche, trying to overcome the "Vietnam trauma". the National Vietnam War Museum in Texas. in the next post I will write about the Vietnam War Museum in Vietnam.

Home | The National Vietnam War Museum

 

[Viet]

meditation garden

rock creek trail

indoor

entrance

 

[Aqsuperman]

beside Rpg-29 , with this round , RPG-7 may stand a chance against new generation tank

 

[Viet]

beside Rpg-29 , with this round , RPG-7 may stand a chance against new generation tank

that looks like a RPG-7VR Tandem HEAT, capable to pierce, destroy light and medium armored vehicles. do you know is it made in Vietnam? and if it is able to destroy chinese 99 tanks? maybe at close distance? I believe @Carlosa once posted results of RPG in firing tests and on battlefields like Syria and Israel.

 

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Vietnam War Museum (Saigon)

I don´t want here to post horrofic reports, pictures and scenes during the Vietnam war, just some images of the museum, to get an impression how it is, the most terrible war on Vietnamese soil, causing the most casualties among civilians, most destructions to the infrastructures. just military hardware. a war no matter where it happens, which party conducts it, kills almost of humanity. During the WW 2, when the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) invaded the USSR, the soldiers were ordered to merciless kill the entire population when they met, because the USSR or slavic people were considered as Untermensch (subhuman). when the Red Army conquered Berlin at the final phase of the war, as revenge the soldiers raped endless german women, forcing many of the women committing suicide. because of shame.

when the Vietnam war was over, not only 60,000 US soldiers lost their lives in Vietnam, but 150,000 former US soldiers committed suicide when they returned home, finding themselves guilty what they saw and did, hopelessly to find internal peace, ending their lives with the guns, which once were used against the Vietcong.

War Remnants Museum

 

[Aqsuperman]

Technically on paper , it should be possible to penetrate Type 96 ERA and armor within reasonable range (around 50-75m in a regular conscript hand) In practice it also penetrate M1 Abrams both American verison and export. About the license production , i think that since we got the Rpg-29 as SCT-29 , this round have a good chance too

On the side way , 130mm brass case , with a change in powder charge we can use this in variety of range and attack angle

 

[Viet]

Diesel attack submarines (Kilo class) docked at the deep sea port Cam-Ranh. recently, SSTC company (St.Petersburg, Russia) announced will establish a shipbuilding and repair facility at the strategic port.

the base will become bigger in the times to come, hosting more warships and aircraft.

 

[Viet]

onboard of Training Sailship Lê Quý Đôn.
a long journey half the globe from Poland to Vietnam.

 

[Viet]

onboard of the Sailship, young cadets of Vietnam and Poland Navies and ship crews.

Vietnamese embassy staff in Poland