Vietnam Defence Forum

[dingyibvs]

Why the heck would a war be looming? SEA is clearly moving away from the tumultuous aftermath of the end of the colonial era, everyone's focus is on making money now.

 

[Aqsuperman]

Yeah lets just say its better to have some sort of precautions for everything :v

Live - exercise with direct fire weapon.

 

[Silent Knight]

What are the sentiments of the uninformed population in Viet Nam though? Do they feel a war coming or business as usual?

Most people blame the government for acting "weak", instead of a loud mouth like the Philippines. Some even demands a war which I believe they'd flee the hell away right at the moment it starts.

 

[GS Zhou]

Most people blame the government for acting "weak",

blame the government for her acting "weak" in diplomatic relationship, haha, just another similarity between China and Vietnam.

 

[Viet]

Why the heck would a war be looming? SEA is clearly moving away from the tumultuous aftermath of the end of the colonial era, everyone's focus is on making money now.

war is likely to come if there are brainwashed nationalists out there, regardless of nationalities in the first place, thinking war is a video game. with zero own casualty. it is better for everyone if we all focus our strength and resources to make a better life for everyone, not how to destroy it. as for Viet kieu, there are political dickheads as seen elsewhere but they are in the minority. China is surely a hot topic, but nobody goes so far calling for war. Housten Bellaire Boulevard, in an area where many Viet kieu reside, even street signs are in Vietnamese.

 

[William Hung]

blame the government for her acting "weak" in diplomatic relationship, haha, just another similarity between China and Vietnam.

That’s because both countries operate the same way, using their propaganda machine to brainwash and promote nationalism for their own various agenda. Then when s**t happens and the govt inevitably respond in a rational and moderate manner...the brainwashed nationalists gets furious...due to their nationalism that was original infused by the state propaganda machine.

 

[Carlosa]

Military Helicopter With 3 on Board Goes Missing in Vietnam
http://abcnews.go.com/International...copter-board-missing-vietnam-42873220?ref=yfp

A Vietnamese military helicopter with three people on board went missing during a training flight Tuesday, an official and state media said, in the latest in a series of incidents involving military aircraft.

Online newspaper Dan Tri said the Eurocopter EC 130, a light training helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters, lost contact 15 minutes into the flight and was believed to have crashed into a mountain 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of the southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City.

It said a pilot and two trainees were in the helicopter.

A provincial border guard said smoke was spotted at the suspected crash site, but rescuers have not been able to reach the spot.

Three crashes involving military planes that killed 11 people have been reported over past four months.

 

[Hindustani78]

http://zeenews.india.com/news/world...other-helicopter-drops-off-radar_1941193.html

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 16:27
HANOI; Vietnam`s prime minister ordered the military to launch a rescue mission after a helicopter went missing on Tuesday during a training flight, the government said, in the latest in a series of aviation setbacks.

The Airbus EC 130 T2 helicopter was carrying an instructor and two trainee pilots when it disappeared off radar screens in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, the government said on its website.

The defence ministry issued a statement but did not indicate whether those aboard were military or civilian.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc instructed the military to find the victims and review procedures to ensure safety and asked rescue units and provincial staffs to help.

The incident comes after a succession of deadly accidents involving military planes and helicopters, at a time when Vietnam is adding to its shopping list as part of its biggest military buildup since the Vietnam War.

Defence experts and arms firms say the country is on the lookout for anything from fighter jets and helicopters to surveillance planes, radar and surface-to-air missiles.

The air force lost two fighter jets, in June and August. After the earlier crash, a CASA 212 coastguard plane hunting for the pilot and wreckage of a Russian-made Sukhoi SU-30 went down in bad weather, killing all nine people aboard.

It has also had two helicopters crashes since July 2014, killing more than 20 people.


Reuters

First Published: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 16:27

 

[IblinI]

war is likely to come if there are brainwashed nationalists out there, regardless of nationalities in the first place, thinking war is a video game. with zero own casualty. it is better for everyone if we all focus our strength and resources to make a better life for everyone, not how to destroy it. as for Viet kieu, there are political dickheads as seen elsewhere but they are in the minority. China is surely a hot topic, but nobody goes so far calling for war. Housten Bellaire Boulevard, in an area where many Viet kieu reside, even street signs are in Vietnamese.

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The Chinese government is very rational,otherwise you can imagine if the government listen to the so called "people's voice",Japan would be the first one to vanish.

 

[Silent Knight]

blame the government for her acting "weak" in diplomatic relationship, haha, just another similarity between China and Vietnam.

Hehe, I heard that many Chinese blame the government for acting weak against Vietnam.

Same thing happens here, and we also get the Philippines as a "role model".

 

[Carlosa]

Vietnam recovers bodies of 3 crew on crashed helicopter


October 19, 2016


HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Rescuers have recovered the bodies of three military personnel on a helicopter that crashed into a mountain during a training flight in southern Vietnam in the latest in a series of accidents involving the military aircraft.

Hundreds of soldiers, militiamen and forest rangers were mobilized for search in Ba Ria Vung Tau province, said a local military officer, who declined to be named.

The Eurocopter EC 130 lost contact shortly after taking off Tuesday, the military said in a statement, adding a pilot and two trainees were in the helicopter.

Three crashes involving military planes that killed 11 people have been reported in the last four months.

 

[Carlosa]

Vietnam gives thumbs-up to U.S. regional role as pivot stumbles

http://tuoitrenews.vn/politics/37608/vietnam-gives-thumbsup-to-us-regional-role-as-pivot-stumbles

REUTERS/TUOI TRE NEWS

UPDATED : 10/19/2016 08:49 GMT + 7

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang after an arrival ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi, Vietnam May 23, 2016.

Vietnam supports U.S. "intervention" in the Asia-Pacific if it helps keep peace and stability, the defense ministry said, in a timely endorsement of a continued U.S. presence amid uncertainty over Washington's faltering "pivot".

Vice defense minister, Senior Lieutenant-General Nguyen Chi Vinh, met on Monday with Cara Abercrombie, the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, and told her Vietnam backed a positive U.S. role.

The general's words of support, conveyed by the defense ministry, come when the United States most needs them, with its "rebalance" - aimed at boosting its Asian foothold and tempering China's rise - now under strain in the run-up to a U.S. presidential election.

Vinh "affirmed that Vietnam will support the U.S and other partners to intervene in the region as long as it brings peace, stability and prosperity", it said in a statement.

At the dialogue, Abercrombie said the United States would not change its rebalance strategy, the statement added.

Uncertainty lingers in Asia over changes ahead at the White House and whether a new leadership would give less priority to keeping China in check as it grows increasingly assertive in the East Vietnam Sea, a waterway vital to global trade.

Washington's traditional defense alliances in Southeast Asia are currently being tested, with ties with Thailand frosty since a 2014 coup and questions about the future of a tight military relationship with the Philippines under volatile new President Rodrigo Duterte, a staunch U.S. critic.

Relations between the United States and Vietnam, in contrast, have warmed substantially in the past two years, much to do with jitters over the East Vietnam Sea to which Hanoi has disputes with Beijing.

The latest affirmation of those ties came after the full lifting of a U.S. lethal arms embargo on Vietnam in May, allowing closer defense links and some joint military exercises between the former enemies.

Two U.S. warships earlier this month made a call at a new international port built at Vietnam's strategic Cam Ranh Bay in a brief but symbolic return for U.S. combat vessels.

The U.S. ambassador to Vietnam last week admitted the U.S. dynamism once seen in the region had "a little bit diminished", but said there was still appetite for U.S. involvement.

Ted Osius also said a dramatic change in U.S.-Vietnam ties was "not about to happen" because of Philippine leader Duterte's outreach toward China.

 

[Viet]

Vietnam recovers bodies of 3 crew on crashed helicopter


October 19, 2016


HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Rescuers have recovered the bodies of three military personnel on a helicopter that crashed into a mountain during a training flight in southern Vietnam in the latest in a series of accidents involving the military aircraft.

Hundreds of soldiers, militiamen and forest rangers were mobilized for search in Ba Ria Vung Tau province, said a local military officer, who declined to be named.

The Eurocopter EC 130 lost contact shortly after taking off Tuesday, the military said in a statement, adding a pilot and two trainees were in the helicopter.

Three crashes involving military planes that killed 11 people have been reported in the last four months.

another bad day for the army

thanks to tension, a special thank to China, with the increase of frequency of trainings, I´m afraid the death toll will crease to mount, although I won´t expect the death toll would never reach as high as German airforce with Lockheed F-104 „Starfighter“. in total 269 fighter jets crashed, killing 116 pilots before the jets were sent to retirement.

a good news

in the series of seaports: Lach Huyen port (Haiphong)

a big thank to the country of rising sun, Japan for $781 million ODA loans. The port will be operational by May 2018. besides sending thanks to the domestic and South Korean investors for $13 billion for infrastructures in real estates, hotels, resorts, entertainment complex, solar power plant, factories, etc.

 

[Viet]

Canadian warship pays goodwill visit to Vietnam
By Quoc Thang, Tan Nguyen
October 18, 2016 | 04:51 pm GMT+7

Halifax-class frigate HCMS Vancouver of Royal Canadian Navy arrives at Saigon Port, HCMC. Photo by VnExpress/Quoc Thang


The two navies will be discussing defense ties during the frigate's visit.

The Canadian Navy's HMCS Vancouver docked at Saigon Port in Ho Chi Minh City today to conduct a goodwill visit as part of WESTPLOY 16.

WESTPLOY16 part of the frigate's deployment aimed at building stronger ties between the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and navies in Asia-Pacific countries, while also promoting peace and security in the region, said a statement from the RCN.

Commodore Jeff Zwick, commander of Canada’s Pacific Fleet, confirmed that talks will be held on national defense between Canada and Vietnam during the visit. After that, the ship will continue on to several other countries in the Asia-Pacific region before returning to Esquimalt, British Columbia, at the end of the year.

Vietnam People's Navy officers welcome their Canadian guests. Photo by VnExpress/Quoc Thang


Since its departure from Esquimalt in June, the Canadian Halifax-class frigate has operated extensively throughout the Pacific region, and participated in international maritime exercises such as RIMPAC and KAKADU.

KAKADU, held through September 12-24, 2016, is a joint, biennial exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force, with 20 nations participating, including Vietnam.

Vietnam has frequently welcomed warships from other countries, including the U.S., Japan, India, Australia and France. Earlier this month, the guided missile destroyer, the USS John S. McCain, arrived in Vietnam following its first visit in 2014 for naval exercises, seeking to reinforce military ties.

In April, two Japanese guided-missile destroyers made port at Cam Ranh Bay Port, Vietnam’s new international port. In July, the coast guard ship Kojima also arrived in Da Nang for a five-day visit.

Prior to the trip of President Francois Hollande in September, France also sent its amphibious assault ship the Tonnerre to Cam Ranh Bay on a friendly visit.

 

[vtnsx]

Canadian warship pays goodwill visit to Vietnam
By Quoc Thang, Tan Nguyen
October 18, 2016 | 04:51 pm GMT+7

Halifax-class frigate HCMS Vancouver of Royal Canadian Navy arrives at Saigon Port, HCMC. Photo by VnExpress/Quoc Thang


The two navies will be discussing defense ties during the frigate's visit.

The Canadian Navy's HMCS Vancouver docked at Saigon Port in Ho Chi Minh City today to conduct a goodwill visit as part of WESTPLOY 16.

WESTPLOY16 part of the frigate's deployment aimed at building stronger ties between the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and navies in Asia-Pacific countries, while also promoting peace and security in the region, said a statement from the RCN.

Commodore Jeff Zwick, commander of Canada’s Pacific Fleet, confirmed that talks will be held on national defense between Canada and Vietnam during the visit. After that, the ship will continue on to several other countries in the Asia-Pacific region before returning to Esquimalt, British Columbia, at the end of the year.

Vietnam People's Navy officers welcome their Canadian guests. Photo by VnExpress/Quoc Thang


Since its departure from Esquimalt in June, the Canadian Halifax-class frigate has operated extensively throughout the Pacific region, and participated in international maritime exercises such as RIMPAC and KAKADU.

KAKADU, held through September 12-24, 2016, is a joint, biennial exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Navy and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force, with 20 nations participating, including Vietnam.

Vietnam has frequently welcomed warships from other countries, including the U.S., Japan, India, Australia and France. Earlier this month, the guided missile destroyer, the USS John S. McCain, arrived in Vietnam following its first visit in 2014 for naval exercises, seeking to reinforce military ties.

In April, two Japanese guided-missile destroyers made port at Cam Ranh Bay Port, Vietnam’s new international port. In July, the coast guard ship Kojima also arrived in Da Nang for a five-day visit.

Prior to the trip of President Francois Hollande in September, France also sent its amphibious assault ship the Tonnerre to Cam Ranh Bay on a friendly visit.

That's the only Canadian warship we have. Canadian military is so small.