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.
Gloria Jeans, a Russian clothing and shoe manufacturer, is planning to shut down some of its production facilities in the country. Source: Kommersant Details: The measures will mostly affect infrastructure in Rostov Oblast.
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Vietnam wants to expand its international defence cooperation to build trust and prevent wars, its prime minister said on Thursday, and the United States said it was hopeful its defence industry could play a key role.
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.
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Vietnam, meanwhile, has similar dialogues with the US, Russia, Australia and France. The inclusion of public security in the new China-Vietnam format has raised eyebrows, however. Analysts point out that it reflects deep concerns on both sides about ...
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