U.S. Arms Companies Seek Inroads With Vietnamese Military
December 15 2022
U.S. defense firms are in talks with the Vietnamese government about a variety of potential weapons deals, reports Reuters.
The preliminary talks come as Hanoi seeks to diversify its arms sources. Russia currently supplies about 80 percent of the Vietnamese military's equipment.
American companies were forbidden from doing business in Vietnam until Washington ended its arms embargo in 2016.
The U.S. previously supplied two former Coast Guard cutters and has transferred two of 12 T-6...
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