WTH?? Some people here are saying Vietnam should buy frigates/destroyers?? WTF?
@Nihonjin1051 You as well? im dissapointed to hear you say such a thing to be honest. This is wayyy above what Vietnam can afford. This is the last thing they should be thinking about anyway. The submarines they have recently piurchased from Russia is more than okay to deal with other claimansts in the SCS like Taiwan, Philippines and other SEA countries, im not mentioning China because there is no way Vietnam is ever going to dstand a chance against them in any Naval conflict, even if Vietnam was to spend its whole GDP on defence. Its like wishing Bengladesh can defeat India in a naval confrontation(no disrespect to my Bengladeshi friends here.lol).
Vietnam should focus on improving the livelihood of its people. It already spends alot on defence as it is, asking for more might be detrimental for its own economic growth/living standards(even more so as it imports almost all of its critical weapons). I ddont understand why poor/backward countries are the ones to spend the most in defence, while the more prosperous ones spend rather less(as percentage of GDP), it should be the total opposite. Get the basics right first then other things will naturally come later. Countries should all know/hset their priorities right IMO.......JEEZ........