Major US weapons manufacturers including Boeing and Lockheed Martin, along with Europe's Airbus and Chinese firms, put their wares on show at an arms fair in Hanoi Thursday as Vietnam looks to diversify its defence supplies away from Russia.

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Vietnam will showcase locally made weapons at an international arms fair in Hanoi on Thursday, as it seeks to boost its domestic industry and possibly export military equipment.

In remarks to open Vietnam’s second international arms fair, Pham Minh Chinh says the expo is ‘a message of peace, co-operation and development’.

Among the nearly 250 exhibitors will be top defense companies, including from the United States, Europe, Turkey and countries at war with each other, such as Israel, Iran, Russia and Ukraine.

Successive Vietnamese governments have been heavily reliant on arms supplied by Russia for decades. The country accounted for more than 80 percent of Vietnam's arms imports between 1995 and 2023 ...

A Russian Typhoon-K MRAP vehicle is seen in the outdoor area of the 2024 Vietnam International Defense Expo, scheduled for December 19-22, 2024 in Hanoi. Photo: Nam Tran / Tuoi Tre Russia’s weapons of various kinds, including those sent abroad for the ...

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