DefenceTalkChina and Vietnam agreed on Tuesday to “properly manage” territorial disputes in the South China Sea, rounding off a leaders’ meeting in Beijing as part of a diplomatic blitz by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The socialist neighbours both maintain sweeping claims to sovereignty in much of the contested waterway, parts of which are also claimed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-vietnam-pledge-to-manage-south-china-sea-dispute-79589/

DefenceTalkRussia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport has delivered the last Project 636.1 Varshavyanka-class (NATO reporting name: Kilo) diesel-electric submarine to Vietnam and, thus, fulfilled the contract for the delivery of a batch of six submarines, which had been signed in late 2009. The submarine was transported from the Admiralty Wharves Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-delivers-last-project-636-1-diesel-electric-submarine-to-vietnam-68900/

DefenceTalkThe White House is considering lifting a decades-old arms embargo against Vietnam in time for President Barack Obama’s visit to the booming Southeast Asian nation this month. As both countries warily eye China’s military build-up in the disputed South China Sea, officials said Obama is weighing an end to the Cold War-era ban on lethal […]https://www.defencetalk.com/obama-weighs-lifting-vietnam-arms-embargo-67450/

DefenceTalkVietnam’s navy has received a fourth Varshavianka-class submarine, armed with unique Club-S cruise missiles capable of striking both sea and coastal targets. Vietnam received a fourth Varshavianka (Improved Kilo) submarine on Tuesday, as the country continues growing its submarine fleet. Vietnam’s Russian-made submarines can submerge to a depth of up to 300 meters and travel […]https://www.defencetalk.com/vietnam-receives-new-russian-sub-with-club-s-missiles-64807/

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DefenceTalkThe United States has announced a partial lifting of its ban on arms sales to Vietnam to help its maritime security, easing the embargo on Vietnam that was imposed after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. At the same time, the U.S. claims it has a national interest in peace and stability, but […]https://www.defencetalk.com/americas-arms-sales-to-vietnam-a-short-sighted-policy-60741/

DefenceTalkIn a decision likely to anger China, the US is partly lifting a 40-year ban on arms sales to former foe Vietnam to help boost defenses in the tense South China Sea. The historic easing of the ban in place since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 will only apply to maritime equipment, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-lifts-40-year-arms-ban-to-boost-vietnam-sea-defense-60661/

DefenceTalkJapan said Friday it would give Vietnam six vessels to boost the communist country’s capacity to patrol its territorial waters, amid a bitter maritime dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea. The deal for the six used vessels, worth 500 million yen ($5 million), was announced in Hanoi during a two-day visit by Japanese […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-gives-vietnam-six-ships-to-boost-maritime-patrols-60320/

DefenceTalkRussia has signed an agreement to sell Vietnam a dozen Sukhoi-30 multirole combat aircraft for more than $600 million (450 million euros), Russian news agency Interfax reported Tuesday. The fighters which can travel twice the speed of sound will be delivered in 2014 and 2015 under the deal signed last week, according to a military-diplomatic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-sells-vietnam-12-sukhoi-fighters-report-48837/