Vietnam: Section 3 - Force Structures

摘要

Vietnam's active military is mostly made up of conscripts who serve terms of two years in the Army and Air Defense formations, or three years in the Navy or Air Force, or in some specialist units. The reserves, known as the Strategic Rear Force, number five million. In April 2009, the Interfax news agency reported that Russia's Admiralty Shipyards was planning to produce six Kilo class diesel-electric submarines for the Vietnamese Navy; the story reappeared in December 2009, when it was said to be part of an alleged major arms deal between Vietnam and Russia that will include six Project 636 class submarines; the deal, valued at $2 billion, also included 12 Su-30MK2 fighters and Russian technological assistance in constructing Vietnam's first nuclear reactor.