Vietnam Defence Forum

[EastSea]

double post.

 

[EastSea]

new navy Amphibious assault landing ship.

 

[cnleio]

Su-30mkv cockpit view

Vietnam Coast Gard

 

[cnleio]

 

[cnleio]

The Sukhoi collection of the VPAF:

Su-30MK2 (935th Fighter Regiment)

Su-27SK/UBK (currently operated by the 940th Fighter Regiment, formerly belonged to the 935th)

 

[cnleio]

Truong Sa Lon (Big Spratly) island from Su-30MK2 cockpit:

 

[Fsjal]

Are those guys in the blue camo, marines?

 

[cnleio]

The T54M3 tank(deep-modernized prototype by Israel) fire test:

Are those guys in the blue camo, marines?

Yes, Vietnamese members ever told me they'r all Marines.

 

[Viet]

interesting move from Singapore: they agreed to cooperate with Vietnamese submarine force.


http://nhandan.com.vn/en/politics/e...singapore-co-operate-in-submarine-rescue.html

Commander of the Vietnamese People’s Navy Admiral Nguyen Van Hien (left) and Singaporean Chief of Navy Ng Chee Peng

 

[Soryu]

Not really i think, Indonesia had more bigger aspirations and truthful reasons to have the most Sophisticated and largest Naval Forces in ASEAN and Indonesia have more money to back it up

I agree with you, Indonesia will have largest Naval forces in ASEAN. But I mean "strong", not "big", we need strongest naval force for protect our sea ...

 

[Viet]

some recent events

Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera visits his Vietnam counterpart, General Phung Quang Thanh, in Hanoi on September 16.

Admiral Robert J. Papp, Commandant of the US Coast Guard at the Ministry of National Defence’s Headquarters on September 6th.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung (R) and Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong agreed both countries to establish strategic partnership. Photo (VGP)

Vietnamese President Sang arrived in Budapest on a 3 day state visit to Hungary, September 16, 2013

 

[cnleio]

Vietnam Su-30mk2v

 

[NiceGuy]

Russia, VietNam to participate in NAMEXPO-2013 in India
Posted on September 23, 2013 by Brittius

India's first naval and shipbuilding exhibition NAMEXPO-2013 opens in the city of Kochi in the southern state of Kerala on Monday. Participants in the show are as follows: Russia, Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the Republic of South Africa, Singapore, the United States, Britain, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.

A Russian delegation is led by Alexander Titov, Representative of the Federal Service for Technical Military Cooperation to India.
Russia to participate in NAMEXPO-2013 in India | Brittius.com

 

[EastSea]

Russia began to build 2 new Gepard ships to Vietnam.


RIA Novosti news agency said the Russian shipbuilding company has started to build 2 new Gepard class warships for Navy Vietnam on 24/9.

Pair most modern warship Dinh Tien Hoang (front) and Ly Thai To (after) is to patrol and protect maritime rights of Vietnam.

Nga

 

[Soryu]

Joint patrol by VPA and PLA on Vietnam - China border