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Vietnam national baseline inside the research system

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VNM
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Battle-hardened military with extensive tunnelling and guerrilla warfare experience, operating Russian Kilo-class submarines.

MILITARY DOCTRINE

People's War doctrine, asymmetric coastal defence, and South China Sea territorial assertion.

98.0M
POPULATION
$409.0B
GDP TOTAL
$7.5B
MILITARY BUDGET
482K
ACTIVE TROOPS

FORCE STRUCTURE BREAKDOWN

PERSONNEL

ACTIVE TROOPS
482,000
Reserve Troops
5,000,000
Paramilitary
40,000
Special Forces
5,000
GFP POWER INDEX
0.3147
MIL. BUDGET % GDP
2.3%

GROUND FORCES

Tanks (MBT)
1,545
Armored Vehicles
1,200
Artillery
3,300
MLRS
480
1,545
TANKS
1,200
AFVs
3,300
ARTILLERY

AIR POWER

Fighter Aircraft
219
Attack Helicopters
26
Transport Helicopters
90
Drones (UAV/UCAV)
30
219
FIGHTERS
26
HELICOPTERS
30
DRONES

NAVAL & STRATEGIC

Total Ships
65
Submarines
6
Aircraft Carriers
0
Ballistic Missiles
0
NON-NUCLEAR STATE

NATIONAL ARSENAL

No arsenal data available

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