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pictures from the Orient

Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2016. Vietnam state president and his spouse arrived Tehran to a state visit.

Rouhani (L) and his Vietnamese counterpart Tan Sang inspect the guard of honor during an official welcoming ceremony in Tehran on March 14, 2016. (Photo by Mehr News Agency)

PressTV-Iran, Vietnam to raise trade ties to $2bn

 

[Viet]

on this day 28 years ago...



Last update 14:47 | 14/03/2016
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Veteran soldier recalls battle in Spratly Islands

Veteran Nguyen Van Thong, 52, from Bo Trach District in Quang Binh Province recalled the battle against the Chinese invaders at Johnson South Reef in the Spratly Archipelago on March 14, 1988.

Nguyen Van Thong showed his leg with injuries from the battle with Chinese invaders on March 14, 1988.


Thong, who still suffers from his war wounds, lives with his wife and two children in a poor fishing village. He still clearly remembers the morning when Vietnamese ship HQ604 was attacked and sunk by a Chinese vessel, leaving 64 of his comrades died. He and eight other Vietnamese marine soldiers were detained by Chinese army.

"It was about 6 am when about 50 Chinese soldiers holding AK machineguns surrounded the Vietnamese flagstaff which was being defending by a circle of Vietnamese soldiers. One of our soldiers, Tran Van Phuong, was killed and some others wounded when trying to protect the Vietnamese flag.”

"After that, the Chinese attacked and sunk HQ 604, killing dozens of other Vietnamese combatants," Thong continued. "The battle ended at around 12pm when the Chinese left the island. I and eight other Vietnamese soldiers were wounded and taken prisoner by the Chinese. We were kept in prison for over three years before being released in 1991."

Over the past years, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly underlined Vietnam’s sovereignty over both the Spratly and Paracel archipelagos in the East Sea.

A memorial park for 64 Vietnamese naval soldiers killed in the 1988 battle against the Chinese has been built on Johnson South Reef.

The Spratly and Paracel islands are administered by Khanh Hoa Province and the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang.

 

[Viet]

Visiting Vietnam´s closest ally: Laos

Lieutenant General Suvon Luongbunmi , Chief of the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army receives General Do Ba Ty (left), Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army — Photo qdnd.vn

Singapore Feb 29. Sr. Lt. General Nguyen Chi Vinh pays a visit to Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen.
Not much details revealed. I assume Singapore was given the go-ahead to negotiate on behalf of the Asean group the code of conduct in South China Sea with the Chinese.

 

[Viet]

Russia's Defense Ministry confirms, Il-78 tanker aircraft take off the Cam Ranh Bay since in 2014, enabling the refuelling Russian fighter aircraft, especially of nuclear-capable TU-95 "Bear" strategic bombers.

I think it will continue, even with our ever warmer relationship to Washington.

 

[Mokaman]

also, I like to see our army to increase firepower by acquiring german military technology, but the chance to get it is close to zero. or at least for now. unless:

- the US ends the arms embargo.
- Germany follows Japan arms reforms, loosing export restrictions, allowing transferring weaponry not only to NATO countries but to "friendly" countries as well. Vietnam can be classified as friendly nation.

Why saying zero chance to sell German weapons to Viet Nam? Germany already sold a lot weapons to no-NATO members already. Leopard 2 and other German IFV are sold to Indonesia, also Qatar, Singapore, Chili are all operating Leopard 2 now. They even modified the Indonesian Leopard 2 for tropical climate. And we only talking about German tanks here, the list of no-Nato countries operating German weaponries will be much longer...

 

[initial_d]

The german will sold their weapons product to any country as long that country are not among that being black list on humanitarian abuse or put on UN embargoes, beside their armor (tank, ifv,apc, artilery etc) the german also sell their warship and submarind product

 

[Jäger]

Germany sells to countries who aren't on Human rights violations sanctions or stuff like that. my best opinion or how you want to say, Germany has sold pretty much to almost every nation there might be a chance for Vietnam to acquire stuff even if it is just firearms

 

[Mokaman]

@initial_d @Bundeswehr Exactly, Germany and others western countries will sale weapons to any countries with money (beside some black list countries like obviously North Korea, Syria, Sudan, ect...). About human rights, as long as those human abuses are not on TV news 24/7 and not too harsh & no death, the sale will go on. Leopard 2 for Saudi Arabia was put on hold because of news on human rights abuse during repression in Bahrain. For Viet Nam, the only obstacle I see is about the political prisoners and that problem will be easily solve if Viet Nam just release few political prisoners to satisfy the western countries and the deals will happen. And right now, there is plenty of western countries trying to sale weapons to Viet Nam: Gripen, Sigma corvettes to name a few...They won't try sale to Viet Nam if they know there is a ban. USA already start to supply some military equipments (like those Shark 165 Defiant patrol boats ) and it will be a matter of time (very short) that they will lift the ban on lethal weapons.. So the future is bright

 

[Aqsuperman]

Well the chance is still fairly low unless there is a dramatic breakthourgh in the arms market and diplomatic front. Uncle Sam is still the person to call the shot. And so far only light to medium non-Russia stuff have been obtained such as rocket, small arms and armored vehicle. Heavy stuf like a tank wil require a lot of investment which VN may ill-afford and support without places and industry to supply ammunitions and maintance ......but keep your hope up, folks.

 

[Viet]

Why saying zero chance to sell German weapons to Viet Nam? Germany already sold a lot weapons to no-NATO members already. Leopard 2 and other German IFV are sold to Indonesia, also Qatar, Singapore, Chili are all operating Leopard 2 now. They even modified the Indonesian Leopard 2 for tropical climate. And we only talking about German tanks here, the list of no-Nato countries operating German weaponries will be much longer...

bro, I just said the obvious, before germany delivers any tanks, the polical climate must improve among many things.
and last but not least, I believe our infrastructure is not yet capable to accommodate 62 tons tank as Leopard 2.

Well the chance is still fairly low unless there is a dramatic breakthourgh in the arms market and diplomatic front. Uncle Sam is still the person to call the shot. And so far only light to medium non-Russia stuff have been obtained such as rocket, small arms and armored vehicle. Heavy stuf like a tank wil require a lot of investment which VN may ill-afford and support without places and industry to supply ammunitions and maintance ......but keep your hope up, folks.

where is the picture taken? looks alien to me.

 

[Aqsuperman]

You want a hint ? India :3

 

[tommytrant20]

Vietnam is trying to upgrade naval forces to confront a Chinese that it is impossible to correlate the two forces

 

[Viet]

Hanoi, March 14. Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang receives a Federal Security Service (FSB) delegation led by Fetisov Andrey Alexandrovich. or formerly known as the world famous KGB. which was directed by comrade Vladimir Putin.

Nice.

 

[Gen Padmanabhan]

pictures from the Orient

Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2016. Vietnam state president and his spouse arrived Tehran to a state visit.

Rouhani (L) and his Vietnamese counterpart Tan Sang inspect the guard of honor during an official welcoming ceremony in Tehran on March 14, 2016. (Photo by Mehr News Agency)

PressTV-Iran, Vietnam to raise trade ties to $2bn

That is interesting, very interesting.

 

[Viet]

Both most important security services of Russia, National Security Council and Federal Security Service (FSB) arrive in Hanoi for talks. what´s up comrades?

@Barmaley
@senheiser


Russian Security Council Head Arrives in Vietnam to Discuss Security Issues

(updated 10:46 15.03.2016)

MOSCOW/HANOI (Sputnik) – Patrushev will hold expert consultations on regional and international security, the senior Russian security official’s spokesman, Yevgeny Anoshin, told RIA Novosti.

On Monday, Patrushev visited Singapore, where he held talks on Russia-Singapore cooperation in maritime security, anti-terrorism, military and technical fields, as well as the prospects of bilateral cooperation in the Arctic.

The Security Council, chaired by the Russian president, drafts policy proposals on defending Russia's vital interests of individuals and the state against internal or external threats.



Read more: http://sputniknews.com/world/20160315/1036295711/russia-vietnam-security.html#ixzz42yr5TyhC