Recent Yahoo News on-line picked up the following:
Vietnam seeks to boost domestic defence industry as it
hosts arms fair
Tue, December 17, 2024 at 6:58 p.m. PST·2 min read
By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu
Among the nearly 250 exhibitors will be top defence companies, including from the United States, Europe, Turkey and countries at war with each other, such as Israel, Iran, Russia and Ukraine.
But recently it has also bolstered its domestic defence industry and promoting exports of military products is now a priority, defence ministry officials have repeatedly said.
State-owned defence firm Viettel and other local companies will showcase missile defence systems, drones, air defence radars, armoured vehicles and artillery, according to defence ministry media.
Some of these weapons will be displayed for the first time, said Nguyen The Phuong, an expert on Vietnam security at Australia's University of New South Wales.
He noted a key strategy to strengthen the local industry had been the signing of deals with foreign arms exporters to have some of their components produced in Vietnam.
Talks with South Korean companies were underway for possible new deals under those conditions, especially for artillery and aviation, he said.
RIVALS' GEAR ON DISPLAY
At the expo, Iran's defence ministry will have an entire pavilion, not far from the booths of Israel's defence firms Israel Aerospace Industries and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
The fair will also host a dozen booths of Russian firms and one for Ukraine's Motor Sich, an aircraft engine manufacturer.
A dozen Turkish defence companies, including Aselsan, Turkish Aerospace Industries and Roketsan, are among listed participants, making Turkey's one of the largest delegations.
China's Norinco will be one of two Chinese exhibitors, in a first for a Vietnamese defence fair.
U.S. defence giants Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Textron Aviation Defense will also have their booths at the fair.
They have all been involved in talks with Vietnamese authorities for the sale of helicopters. Lockheed is also discussing a possible deal on C-130 Hercules military transport planes, sources had told Reuters.
Brazil's Embraer said it will exhibit its C-390 Millennium plane - a rival to the C-130.
Top European defence firms will also attend, including aerospace giant Airbus, Britain's BAE Systems, Germany's Rheinmetall, Italy's Leonardo and France's Thales Group.
Translation:
越南舉辦軍火展尋求促進國內國防工業
河內（路透社） - 越南將於週四在河內舉行的國際軍火博覽會上展示本地製造的武器，以促進其國內工業並可能出口軍事裝備。
近250家參展商包括來自美國、歐洲、土耳其以及以色列、伊朗、俄羅斯和烏克蘭等交戰國家的頂級防務公司。
這個東南亞國家是武器進口國，尤其是來自俄羅斯的武器進口國，多年來一直在一個不穩定地區投資建立其防禦能力，它曾在該地區與中國因南海邊界問題發生衝突。
但國防部官員一再表示，最近它也加強了國內國防工業，促進軍品出口已成為當務之急。
根據國防部媒體報道，國有防務公司 Viettel 和其他當地公司將展示飛彈防禦系統、無人機、防空雷達、裝甲車和火砲。
澳洲新南威爾斯大學越南安全專家 Nguyen The Phuong 表示，其中一些武器將是首次展出。
他指出，加強當地工業的一項關鍵策略是與外國武器出口商簽署協議，讓其部分零件在越南生產。
他說，正在與韓國公司進行談判，以探討在這種情況下可能達成的新交易，特別是在火砲和航空領域。
官員表示，也與包括捷克共和國在內的其他國家的公司進行了類似的會談。
競爭的對手展示裝備
在博覽會上，伊朗國防部將擁有整個展館，距離以色列國防公司以色列航空航太工業公司和拉斐爾先進防禦系統公司的展位不遠。
展會還將設立十幾個俄羅斯公司的展位和烏克蘭飛機發動機製造商Motor Sich的一個展位。
包括 Aselsan、土耳其航空航太工業公司和 Roketsan 在內的十幾家土耳其國防公司均在參與者名單之列，這使得土耳其成為最大的代表團之一。
中國北方工業公司將成為兩家中國參展商之一，這是首次參加越南防務展。
美國國防巨頭洛克希德·馬丁公司、波音公司和德事隆航空防務公司也將在展會上設立展位。
他們都參與了與越南當局就出售直升機事宜進行的談判。消息人士告訴路透社，洛克希德馬丁公司還有一個有關可能交易 C-130 Hercules 軍用運輸機的討論。
巴西的Embraer表示將展出其 C-390 Millennium 飛機 - 是C-130 的競爭對手。
歐洲頂級防務公司也將参與，包括航空航太巨頭空中巴士公司、英國BAE系統公司、德國的Rheinmetall、義大利的Leonardo和法國的Thales Group。
So, Vietnam will showcase locally made weapons
at an international arms fair as it seeks to boost its domestic industry and
possibly export military equipment. It admits
that promoting exports of
military products is now its priority. The recent conflicts in the middle east
and in Ukraine show that military equipment is in high demand and has a good
market globally.
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