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Viet Nam
Geo-Strategic Setting
Vietnamese 86%
Ethnic minorities (Tay,
Thai, Muong, Khmer,
Hoa, Hmong, Nung,
etc.) 9%
Others 5%
Viet Nam Religious Groups
Buddhist 9.3% ?
(census)
Catholic 6.7%
Hoa Hao 1.5%
Cao Dai 1.1%
Protestant 0.5%
Economy
15th most populous
country 95.9m
(2017)
$556 billion GDP
(ppp) 34th in 2017
$201 billion GDP
(nominal) 47th 2017
Economic growth
rate 6.2% (2016)
Poverty rate 11.3%
(2012)
Still a Developing Country
Organisation Survey Ranking
Leninist one-party/mono-organisational
Dual role elites
Gradual political liberalisation since 1992
No pluralism, multi-parties or opposition
Socialist market economy
Soft-authoritarian
Administrative Divisions
59 provinces
5 municipalities
Hanoi
Haiphong
Da Nang
Ho Chi Minh City
Can Tho
One-Party State
3. Armed 4. Mass
2. The State
Forces Organisations
Peoples Armed Forces
Lc Lng V Trang Nhn Dn
Constitution (2013)
The people's armed forces shall show absolute loyalty
to the Fatherland, the People, the Party and the
State; protect the independence, sovereignty, unity
and territorial integrity of the Fatherland, national
security, and social order and safety; safeguard the
People, the Party, the State and the socialist regime;
and join the entire people in national construction
and the performance of international duties.
Peoples war and all-
peoples national
defence
8 Military Regions
(including Hanoi)
and 4 Corp HQ
Main Forces,
Local Forces
22 Economic
Defence Zones
(Khu Quan su-
Kinh te) 1998
Vietnams Force Posture
The posture of the all-peoples national defence
is the organization and disposition of the
national defence forces and potentialities
throughout the territory in conformity with the
integrated strategic intent to ensure victory over
any hostile plots and acts that violate the
independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity
and national interests of Vietnam, and to be
ready to pivot toward the posture of peoples
war once war occurs.
White Paper 2009, 45.
consumption and strong foreign investment fourth 636 KILO-class diesel-electric submarines
will support economic activity over the next from Russia were delivered to Vietnam in 2015.
five years. Vietnams economy is forecast to Media reportin
g indicates Vietnam has purchased
Viet
Nam
US Japan
2013 2007
UK China
2010 2009
Vietnam-Russian Federation
Strategic Partnership (2001)
Eight Areas of Cooperation
1. Political-diplomatic,
2. Military equipment and technology,
3. Oil and gas cooperation,
4. Energy cooperation for hydro and nuclear
power,
5. Trade and investment,
6. Science and technology,
7. Education and training, and
8. Culture and tourism
Gradual Force Modernisation
Su-30 MKK
Dutch Sigma-class
corvette on order
Extended Range
Artillery Munitions
Gradual Force Modernisation
Fisheries Agreement
2000 joint patrols
Viet Nams Maritime Development
Strategy 2020
Relations with the United States
Viet Nam
US Trade
Relations
$32 billion
surplus
with the
US
Memorandum of Understanding Advancing
Bilateral Defense Cooperation 2011
Five Areas of Cooperation
1. Maritime Security
2. Search and Rescue
3. United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
4. Humanitarian and Disaster Relief
5. Between defense universities and
research institutes
Symbolic fly outs
USS George H.W. Bush Aug 2010 USS George Washington Aug 2010
Security Related Challenges
Democratic freedom, Illegal drug and weapons
religious freedom, and trafficking
human rights have been
abused by hostile forces to Piracy
undermine the great national Transnational crime
solidarity and to incite
violence and separatism in Terrorism
some areas of the country Illegal immigration and
disputes over sovereignty, migration
sovereign rights and
jurisdicton over the teritories Environmental degradation
in the East Sea non- Pandemics
traditional security issues
such as: Climate change