Vietnam Ready to Host Russian Maritime Base.

[Viet]

I am saving your life, you're welcome.

I love Macau. Good for gambling...but we really don´t need your advice on politics. Yes, get out of the way, you Chinese spy.

 

[Rechoice]

Vietnam can beat India in south-east Asia.

But Vietnam can't beat India in South-Asia.

We can work together on both for both.

 

[USAHawk785]

I love Macau. Good for gambling...but we really don´t need your advice on politics. Yes, get out of the way, you Chinese spy.

Not just for gambling, also a great place to have Portuguese food.

 

[ushikra]

Vietnam will allow Russia to set up a ship maintenance base at its port of Cam Ranh, Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang said on Friday.

Sang, speaking to the Voice of Russia radio station ahead of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, stressed that the port would not be a Russian military base. But he also said that Cam Ranh would be used to help develop “military co-operation” between the two former Cold War allies.
Sang also said Hanoi was planning to develop the capacity to provide maintenance services to any foreign ship docking at Cam Ranh, a former Soviet naval base.

Russia currently has only one foreign military base outside the former Soviet Union – in Tartus, Syria. But officials say the base is little more than a re-fuelling stop for Russian warships.
Russia’s naval chief, Vice Admiral Viktor Chirkov, confirmed on Friday that Russia was in talks on obtaining naval bases in Cuba, Vietnam and in the Seychelles.

“We are indeed continuing work to ensure the stationing of Russian Navy forces outside the Russian Federation,” he said in an interview with RIA Novosti. “As part of this work at the international level, we are discussing issues related to the creation of [ship] maintenance stations in Cuba, in the Seychelles and in Vietnam.”

The Russian Navy saw that it badly needed foreign bases after 2008, when Russian warships joined international anti-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden. Russia has also discussed the possibility of using ports in Djibouti for its warships in the past.

Oh yeah, time to shake hand with mighty Soviet again and crush chinese mailand and chinese in ASEAN

Expected ... given Vietnam's history with two foremost powers, US and China ... and Smart, clearly signalling to US that you may be our New Best friend, but our Old Best friend hasnt forgotten us either.

My question, though is, Why or How would Russia justify its presence in this part of the world. What national interests do they have there? encirclement of China? energy supplies? Protection of russian shipping?

Or is it just assering the old soviet sphere of influence. Sort of like telling the west, that US/NATO can push them in their eastern europe backyard, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia et al, they might as well as put their leg in US/NATO's future/intended sphere of influence.

 

[Đảo Bạch Long Vỹ]

My question, though is, Why or How would Russia justify its presence in this part of the world. What national interests do they have there? encirclement of China? energy supplies? Protection of russian shipping?

They want to show the world that Russia is still there, still be a superpower.
Kind of reviving the power of the Soviet Union.

 

[tuankaqui]

Russia or United States of America be black marketeers is international. Very once in a blue moon Viet Nam can transact with both Russia and United States..

If there is a benefit outgrown from china side then United States will chuck Viet Nam.

And Russia ?

 

[oct605032048]

They want to show the world that Russia is still there, still be a superpower.
Kind of reviving the power of the Soviet Union.

And give VN a dilution that they are important...But actually VN is nothing but a step stone to get to China.

Russia or United States of America be black marketeers is international. Very once in a blue moon Viet Nam can transact with both Russia and United States..

If there is a benefit outgrown from china side then United States will chuck Viet Nam.

And Russia ?

do you just use the google translater or just because your english is pooooooor?

 

[Fanling Monk]

Never trust the Russian!

 

[USAHawk785]

Better the Russian than the Chinese.

 

[dunhill]

Never trust the Russian!

Yes, then who is Viet Nam going to trust? China ? Oh ... P...uh p..u...h.... please..!

 

[Fanling Monk]

Yes, then who is Viet Nam going to trust? China ? Oh ... P...uh p..u...h.... please..!

Who am I to tell Vietnam who to trust, it's your call. I'm only saying China should not trust Russia.

BTW what's "Oh ... P...uh p..u...h.... please..'!

 

[Đảo Bạch Long Vỹ]

And give VN a dilution that they are important...But actually VN is nothing but a step stone to get to China.

lol they want to prove that as a superpower, they want to stop China's rising.

 

[ptldM3]

Never trust the Russian!

And this would be why? Who was it that attacked Russian border guards? And started a war with Vietnam?

 

[USAHawk785]

When it comes to Russia, the Chinese are scared sh!tle$$. Every Chinese military hardware is the cheap version of Russian military hardware. Thanks of course to Chinese reverse engineering.

Yes, then who is Viet Nam going to trust? China ? Oh ... P...uh p..u...h.... please..!

Are you a man or a woman? Only women say "puh puh please..."

Just FYI...

Who am I to tell Vietnam who to trust, it's your call. I'm only saying China should not trust Russia.

!

You have it all wrong, it's the Russians who shouldn't trust the Chinese. Considering the theft of Russian technology by the Chinese. There is no Chinese ingenuity... just cheap knockoffs of Russian hardware.

 

[SinoChallenger]

^ LOL at two pathetic people. China is rising so fast you can't bear to watch it

No big deal. The Middle Kingdom is accustomed to jealousy from barbarians. But if you get hostile, then we spank weak countries like Vietnam and india.

You both know why China would crush the weak countries first because that's how the game is played