Vietnam

Overview
Force Structures
Programs

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.

Aircraft

Air Force
Navy

Warships

Navy
Submarines
Kilo Class (Project 636)

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...

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