{"id":138995,"date":"2024-12-20T03:45:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138995"},"modified":"2024-12-20T03:45:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:45:52","slug":"us-ambassador-to-vietnam-says-us-arms-manufacturers-could-help-boost-vietnams-military-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138995","title":{"rendered":"US ambassador to Vietnam says US arms manufacturers could help boost Vietnam&#8217;s military capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">HANOI, Vietnam (AP) \u2014 U.S. weapons manufacturers could work with Vietnamese counterparts to help build up Vietnam&#8217;s armed forces, the U.S. ambassador to the southeast Asian country said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cOur goal is to ensure that Vietnam has what it needs to defend its interests at sea, in the air, on the ground and in cyberspace,\u201d U.S. Ambassador Marc Knapper said at an international arms expo in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The expo, held at Hanoi\u2019s Gia Lam airport, brings together 250 exhibitors including geopolitical rivals including the U.S., China, Russia, Ukraine, Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-body md:hidden\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto mb-5 flex flex-col overflow-hidden rounded-xl pb-5 shadow-[0_0_1px_rgba(200,160,251,.63),0_2px_6px_1px_#F3E6FE]\">\n<h4 class=\"m-auto block px-4 pb-4 pt-2 text-lg font-bold leading-6\">Trusted news and daily delights, right in your inbox<\/h4>\n<p class=\"m-auto px-4 pb-4 text-sm font-normal\">See for yourself \u2014 The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">U.S. exhibitors include Boeing and Textron Aviation. China is present with Norinco and Gaodu International Trade. Iran\u2019s defense ministry pavilion isn&#8217;t far from booths set up by Israeli companies Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries. A number of Russian firms are also in attendance along with Ukraine\u2019s Motor Sich.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Vietnam has been trying to increase its domestic arms manufacturing while reducing its reliance on Russia for weapon imports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">In 2022, Russia made up around 60% of all of Vietnam&#8217;s military purchases, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. But Vietnam&#8217;s longstanding efforts to diversify its imports have been accelerated by the war in Ukraine. It has also been trying to boost its own capacity to make arms and displayed indigenously-made military equipment at the expo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">A key driver for Vietnam is the escalating tensions in the South China Sea, a key trade and security route. It is a flashpoint in Asia and a fault line in the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-china-beijing-xi-jinping-south-china-sea-d229070bc2373be1ca515390960a6e6c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:U.S.-China regional rivalry;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">U.S.-China regional rivalry<\/a>. Vietnam has been critical of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-map-territorial-dispute-south-sea-702c45165d7f9cade796700fffa5691e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:China\u2019s increasingly hostile actions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">China\u2019s increasingly hostile actions<\/a> in the disputed waters. Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries have overlapping claims in the busy sea passage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hailed the event as a \u201cmessage of peace, cooperation and development.&#8221; He was later given a tour of a military plane made by <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-us-lockheed-martin-sanctions-8f3c233be2f45ad78a8b3d83a585f03d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:U.S. firm Lockheed Martin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">U.S. firm Lockheed Martin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us-ambassador-vietnam-says-us-093812198.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HANOI, Vietnam (AP) \u2014 U.S. weapons manufacturers could work with Vietnamese counterparts to help build up Vietnam&#8217;s armed forces, the U.S. ambassador to the southeast Asian country said on Thursday. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138995\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}