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Vietnam’s People’s Army to turn into regular and elite force

Vietnam’s first locally-made artillery ship TT400TP was formally unveiled at state factory Z173 in the northern city of Hai Phong, marking a new step in the country’s defense industry.

On the morning of September 27, Colonel Nguyen Van Dac, political commissar of the Hong Ha ship-building plant, received a phone call saying: “Dear political commissar, all weapons and equipment on the warship successfully shot their targets.”

He immediately informed the good news to others in happy tears.

Thousands of staff, engineers, and workers in the factory have long waited for this historical moment.

“To their surprise, foreign experts said it usually took several times for a newly-made warship in their countries to successfully hit a target. But this made-in-Vietnam ship opened fire accurately on its first time,” Dac proudly said.



The new locally made TT400TP Artillery Ship (pictures: Seameco)

After being appointed as director of factory Z173 seven years ago, the only concern of Nguyen Van Cuong was whether to manufacture a warship or buy one from foreign countries.

Two years later, the factory’s management board decided to build a modern warship by themselves from preliminary design and weapons bought abroad.

“This ship just costs us around US$1 million while a similar warship on the global market costs up to US$10 million. So we save up to 90 percent,” Cuong said.

Hundreds of the best engineers in the factory had been trained abroad for three years to learn technologies needed to build the ship, Cuong added.

The TT400TP was created to undertake four missions: destroy enemy warships, protect army bases of landing crafts, protect civilian vessels, and for patrolling purposes.
The ship, which is 54.16m long and 9.16m wide, has a maximum speed of 32 nautical miles per hour. It is able to continuously operate offshore for 30 days and nights at sustained winds of force 9 and waves of force 8. The ship has an operating range of 2,500 miles.
This will contribute to strengthening the naval force and mark a new step in Vietnam’s technology of warship building to contribute to the protection of national sovereignty, said Colonel Cao Hoa Binh, chairman of the Naval Technology Department.
From: Made In Vietnam Battleship Unveiled - Made In Vietnam Battleship Unveiled | Ship Battleship Tt400tp Factory Vietnam Artillery Said Unveiled Building Engineers
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First Made-in-Vietnam warship unveiled
it's soo cheap, US$1 million only when Yakhont cost U$ 1,2 millions each :D
 
Define "strong" and "elite".

Just because you guys defeated the Americans does not mean your forces are stronger than them.

Strength is measured in numbers and technology, and up to this point, Vietnam has neither.

Hahha is that all you got? The Vietnamese definition of strength is having a Brain.
 
True perhaps that you are prepared for all kind wars. But have you prepared for even one kind of better life?

I don't understand why a country with people's life like a poor dog would love wars so much!

This is 2010 figure. Think it over: :taz:

Vietnam GDP (PPP) $275,639 million List of countries by GDP (PPP) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Guangdong province of China GDP (PPP) $671,731 million List of Chinese administrative divisions by GDP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From the same link, China has the following provinces that have more GDP(ppp) (in USD millions) than your "glorious" motherland Vietnam as whole country:

Jiangsu Province: 604,230
Shandong Province: 582,262
Zhejinag Province: 402,197
Hennang Province: 338,912
Hebei Province: 298,354

Vietnam's GDP (PPP) is not even 3% of China's.

Can't you guys live in a better life? You've got to have some dignity, don't just be warmongers at a time and illegal immigrants at another time.
Do not try to show ignorance of geography
 
VN, UK strengthen defense and security research

Báo điện tử CP English - 2 day(s) ago readings

VGP – The Diplomatic Academy of Việt Nam (DAV) and the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies (RUSI) will work together in research projects and publish works on national defense, security and international relations.


A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the cooperation was inked by the two institutes in London on October 25.

The two sides will also enhance bilateral cooperation in research, teaching, conference organization and other academic activities as agreed in the MoU.

RUSI Director General Michael Clark said the MoU will create a corridor for the two organizations to find new and effective solutions to regional and international issues.

Mr. Hoàng Anh Tuấn, Head of the Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies under the DAV said the document will also help strengthen the strategic partnership between the UK and Việt Nam./.
VN, UK strengthen defense and security research - Related news - 10/26/2011 - Báo
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We may have UK's best weapon soon :D
 
oh getting weapon by monthly instalment again? LOL
Oh, if UK allows us to do that :lol:

Uhm....I don't know what kind of UK's weapon is better that Russia , can some English here help us ??^^
 
Hahha is that all you got? The Vietnamese definition of strength is having a Brain.

wrong the viet defintion for strength is dead poor nothing to live for there fore no fear to fight to the death cos you are better offf dead.
 
i know you viet dont mind cos you guys got thick skin and shameless that s why you so proud of borrowing money.
We're small and humble nation , we don't care about saving face like you , just give us what we want, then you can shout whatever you like to us .

Oh, you're English , right ? why don't you tell me about your high tech weapon :lol:
 
We're small and humble nation , we don't care about saving face like you , just give us what we want, then you can shout whatever you like to us .

Oh, you're English , right ? why don't you tell me about your high tech weapon :lol:

is it not about saving face is it about integrity and dignity which you dont have LOL
 
Funny:rofl:
they did, and failure 1979s with 30,000 soldiers have lost their lives.
China kicked Vietnam so hard in 1979 Vietnam suffered hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties... but China had 0 civilian casualties. The pain and damage inflicted on Vietnam devastated all Vietnam's northern provinces even today. :) China is the true victor!

Did your government ever tell you Vietnam suffered massive casualties in 1984 in Laoshan and 1988 in Spratlys (you became fish food)? Or they want to send more Vietnamese to die against a vastly superior China?
 
China kicked Vietnam so hard in 1979 Vietnam suffered hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties... but China had 0 civilian casualties. The pain and damage inflicted on Vietnam devastated all Vietnam's northern provinces even today. :) China is the true victor!

Did your government ever tell you Vietnam suffered massive casualties in 1984 in Laoshan and 1988 in Spratlys (you became fish food)? Or they want to send more Vietnamese to die against a vastly superior China?
So did your govt. told you that your Mighty PLA only could kill our Girls and Militian , PLA did not dare to fight with our Regular forces in Cambodia :lol:
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wrong the viet defintion for strength is dead poor nothing to live for there fore no fear to fight to the death cos you are better offf dead.

LOL, is that all you know? I pity you. :smokin:
 
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