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i see a lot photo with comcom tag, who is he? a military reporter?
Just think of them as the unofficial news agency of the Vietnamese Armed Forces.

Basically, ComCom is a group of people that have personal access to restricted military facilities/bases and can publish several information that the official military news agency (QĐND Online or QPVN) cannot show.
 
Just think of them as the unofficial news agency of the Vietnamese Armed Forces.

Basically, ComCom is a group of people that have personal access to restricted military facilities/bases and can publish several information that the official military news agency (QĐND Online or QPVN) cannot show.

Sup dawg! You da man
 
If Japanese decide to do a thing, no matter what it is, they usually take it seriously, doing it by heart and mind, leaving no half baked, sometimes until the bitter end. Alsok, a Japanese security company enters Vietnam security market with the aim providing security services vietnamese companies and local government agencies. Especially interesting for the latter.

Martial arts at Alsok

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Japan's Alsok gaining foothold in Vietnam’s security sector
By Thanh Nien News - Tuesday, August 02, 2016 12:13

Japanese security provider Alsok is set to become a key member in Vietnam’s security industry by investing in the country’s number four player.

Nikkei Asian Review cited sources as saying that the company has decided to buy a 49 percent stake, the limit of foreign ownership in Vietnam, in Royal Hai Phong Security Service in the northern city of Hai Phong.

Alsok, officially known as Sohgo Security Services, opened a subsidiary in Vietnam in 2009 and has been selling security equipment to Japanese companies operating in the country.

The new one billion yen (US$9.75 million) deal is expected to raise the company’s annual revenue to around $10 million, in line with the income for local top security companies in Vietnam.

Alsok plans to put 1,800 security guards at the Hai Phong company through a training program developed in Japan. In the long term, it plans to provide services to Vietnamese companies and local government agencies as well, the sources said.
 
Latest pic of the reclamation at Spratly island

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If comparing to the last time, when the picture was taken, one can see some progress here and there is made, but the pace is very slow. while the chinese rapidly create facts on the ground by pulling up artificial islands after islands, our progress is very disappointing.
 
If comparing to the last time, when the picture was taken, one can see some progress here and there is made, but the pace is very slow. while the chinese rapidly create facts on the ground by pulling up artificial islands after islands, our progress is very disappointing.

The chinese do it fast by recking the environment in a major way.
 
A new model of Vietnamese indigenous UAV has appeared. It's called "UAV-04".

Its main purpose is flying target for Su-30MK2V and S-300PMU-2. However, it can be fitted with several reconnaissance equipment (Luneberg lens, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Imaging Camera etc.) and even a warhead. So it can be a suicide UAV or mini cruise missile, you name it.

The range is 300km+, max speed 250kph, flight endurance up to 5 hours and flight ceiling is 4km.

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What company makes this drone? Viettel?
 
By Phuong Hoa, Nguyen Quang

Vietnam People’s Navy has built a park named after Vo Nguyen Giap with a statue of the famous general in its Son Ca Island in the Spratly Archipelago.



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Construction at the 400-square meter park was completed on May 15. The project is to honor General Giap, who was the key contributor to liberalization of the Son Ca in April 1975.


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The idea about the project was first raised by artist Nguyen Thu Thuy and was approved by the Vietnam People’s Navy.


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The park was built by soldiers in two months. At its center stands the statue of the general, which is 1.76 meters tall. Behind the statue is a wall that is 24 meters long and 2.5 meters high.



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The 2.5 ton statue is made of stone.


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There are 300 pictures crafted in baked clay on the wall featuring General Giap’s life, from 1944 when he established the Armed Propaganda Unit for National Liberation till his well-known battles.


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On the left of the wall are pictures of Vo Nguyen Giap and President Ho Chi Minh with the Vietnam People’s Navy.


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Vo Hong Nam, the General's son, before his father’s statue. “My family is deeply touched by the respect of naval officers and soldiers towards the General. This feeling cannot be expressed in words,” he said.


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“This will be a place to uphold the good tradition and strong will among the people and armed forces during the course of construction and defense of the nation,” said Rear Admiral Ngo Sy Quyet at the opening ceremony.
 
Just think of them as the unofficial news agency of the Vietnamese Armed Forces.

Basically, ComCom is a group of people that have personal access to restricted military facilities/bases and can publish several information that the official military news agency (QĐND Online or QPVN) cannot show.
We have heard since a time the army is interested of the French made howitzer Nexter Caesar 155 mm. 108 pieces should be acquired. Have you any update on the acquisition and what is the logic behind going for NATO 155 mm artillery shells?

That would represent an additional logistic as the army today uses 152 mm artillery rounds.


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Understanding Vietnam's rocket launcher deployment in the Spratlys
Le Hong Hiep For The Straits Times
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Aug 17, 2016, 5:00 am SGT

Last week, international media widely reported that Vietnam had quietly deployed an unknown number of Extended Range Artillery (Extra) rocket launchers on five features in the Spratlys. These state-of-the-art mobile rocket artillery systems are reportedly capable of striking runways and military installations on nearby artificial islands built by China recently.

Although Vietnam's Foreign Ministry dismissed the information as "inaccurate", its Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh had stated in June this year that Hanoi reserved the right to deploy such weapons for self-defence purposes.

This development testifies to the fact that the temperature in the South China Sea is rising, and claimant states risk being pushed into military escalations that may eventually undermine regional peace and stability.

That said, Vietnam's deployment of the rocket launchers should not come as a surprise. Instead, it is a logical development, given the recent trajectory of the South China Sea dispute.

First, in order to better protect its interests in the South China Sea, Vietnam has pursued a military modernisation programme for some time. For example, according to statistics by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Vietnam's total arms imports during 2011-2015 represented a 699 per cent increase from 2006-2010, turning the country into the eighth-largest arms importer in the world during the same period. Most of the newly acquired weapons and equipment are related to maritime capabilities.

The Extra rocket launchers that Vietnam deployed to the Spratlys are known to be imported from Israel, one of the emerging defence partners of Vietnam. They contribute to Hanoi's efforts to build up a credible level of deterrence against possible attacks on the features in Spratlys currently under its control.

In that sense, the report is not necessarily a bad thing for Vietnam. In order to ensure effective deterrence, apart from developing credible capabilities to impose costs, one also needs to make such capabilities known to the rival it wants to deter. Hence, the reported deployment of rocket launchers can help Hanoi convey a message, especially to Beijing, about not only Vietnam's available capabilities, but also its political determination to protect its South China Sea interests.

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A Vietnam Marine Police boat (foreground) in the South China Sea observing a Chinese Coast Guard ship about 200km off the Vietnamese coast in 2014. The two countries saw a rise in tensions that year, after China moved an oil drilling platform close to Vietnam's central coast. PHOTO: REUTERS
Second, from Hanoi's perspective, the deployment is not a provocative or escalatory move. Instead, it is seen as a necessary defensive reaction to offset threats recently initiated by Beijing in the South China Sea. In particular, the oil rig crisis in 2014 when China moved its Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil drilling platform to 119 nautical miles off Vietnam's central coast, and China's construction and militarisation of seven artificial islands in the Spratlys, have acutely alerted Vietnam about China's strategic intentions as well as Vietnam's vulnerabilities in the South China Sea. Strong yet well-calibrated responses are therefore warranted to better protect its interests there.

While the exact timing of the deployment is unknown, it possibly took place well before the news was broken last week. Indeed, some sources indicated that Hanoi might have started considering the deployment as early as May last year, when there were reports of China's deployment of mobile artillery vehicles on one of its artificial islands. In any case, the rising level of perceived threats emanating from China's recent militarisation of its artificial islands obviously further encourages Hanoi to offer a strong response.

From a historical point of view, the deployment reflects the broader pattern of Vietnam's traditional China policy, one that combines deference and defiance elements.

As the junior partner in the relationship, Vietnam has always been keen to maintain peaceful and stable ties with Beijing. In the pre-modern era, it was also willing to offer deference to China by joining the China-centred tributary system. However, Vietnam was also willing to stand up to China on various occasions when its sovereignty, autonomy and territorial integrity were infringed upon.

In more recent decades, overall Vietnam-China relations have improved significantly, but territorial and maritime disputes in the South China Sea continue to be a major challenge for both countries. However, the unprecedented level of bilateral economic exchanges helps to keep the two countries from falling out with each other.

Specifically, China is now Vietnam's largest trade partner, accounting for about one fifth of Vietnam's annual total trade. China is also the ninth-largest foreign investor in Vietnam. Therefore, while Vietnam tends to act tough to protect its maritime interests, it is unwilling to allow the South China Sea disputes to escalate into an armed conflict that will doom the broader interests brought about by relations with China.

In sum, Vietnam's deployment of the rocket launchers in the Spratlys should be seen in the broader context of recent transformations in the South China Sea dispute, as well as Vietnam's traditional handling of China.

The move, mainly for defensive purpose, should not generate concerns among regional countries. To be sure, a military conflict with a far more powerful China is the last thing Vietnam would like to stumble into.

  • Le Hong Hiep is a fellow at the Iseas - Yusof Ishak Institute.
 
We have heard since a time the army is interested of the French made howitzer Nexter Caesar 155 mm. 108 pieces should be acquired. Have you any update on the acquisition and what is the logic behind going for NATO 155 mm artillery shells?

That would represent an additional logistic as the army today uses 152 mm artillery rounds.


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108 unit? Wooowwww that's lot..
Why not buy msta, or gvodzika ? It's has 152mm and compatible with existing munitions,
 
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108 unit? Wooowwww that's lot..
Why not buy msta, or gvodzika ? It's has 152mm and compatible with existing munitions,
Vietnam army using 152 mm artilery rounds goes back to the time of the Vietnam war. Soviet 152 mm caliber.
I guess we go for 155 mm because we want more range, more firepower, more adaption of NATO standard ammunitions as we have seen the development with other calibres of NATO since a while. Using other 152 mm howitzers would not alter much to the ones the army uses today. I don´t know maybe one day Vietnam applies for NATO membership.


Vietnam 152 mm howitzer live fire execise

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Long range surface-to-air missile S-300 with acquisition radar 30N6E capable to detect 100 aerial targets at a distance of 300km at a altitude of 30 km. in addition, a powerful early warning radar 96L6E supplements the system, cable of detecting 300 aerial targets at any given time. a news says the army can produce and repair some parts of the system inlcuding radar modules. maybe we could soon manufacture a vietnam made version of acquisition radar 30N6E.


Vietnam S-300 surface-to-air missile

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acquisition radar 30N6E

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i see a lot photo with comcom tag, who is he? a military reporter?

comcom is the hashtag for the title of their webpage, it is short for “comrade commissar”. What is its meaning? just look up the meaning of the word “commissar”:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/commissar

Com·mis·sar (kŏm′ĭ-sär′)

n.
1.
a. An official of the Communist Party in charge of political indoctrination and the enforcement of party loyalty.

b. The head of a commissariat in the Soviet Union until 1946.

2. A person who tries to control public opinion.


If that is not clear enough, the slogan of comcom webpage also start with:

“To promote the patriotism for the youth...”

If you want the direct link to that page, i can give it to you. I personally am not fond of it though.
 
a domestic improved S-75M3 surface to air missile

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anti tank rocket 9M14 Malyutka for MBP-1 tank

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