War News Updates: Vietnam Deputy Defense Minister: First Purchase Of US Weapons Some Way Off

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Vietnam Deputy Defense Minister: First Purchase Of US Weapons Some Way Off Jun 5th 2016, 20:00, by War News Updates Editor Vietnam's Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh, at the Shangri-La Hotel on June 4, 2016.ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI Straits Times/Reuters: Vietnamese general says first purchase of US weapons some way off SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The recent lifting of the US arms embargo against Vietnam boosted trust between the former enemies, but significant weapons purchases are some way off, a senior Vietnamese military official said on Saturday (June 4). Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh told Reuters possible weapons buys were part of a long-planned strengthening of Vietnamese-US relations across economic, political, cultural and security fronts. "We are not sure what we can buy from the US or what we want to buy," Vinh said in some of the first public comments from a Vietnamese defence official since US President Barack Obama lifted the embargo in Hanoi last month. Read more .... WNU Editor: The Vietnamese do want to buy American weapon systems .... the problem is that they cannot afford it. Another problem for the Vietnamese is that they are use to Russian weapons, and those ties are very deep .... Ties That Bind: Why US Lifting Arms Ban on Vietnam Could Be Good for Russia (Sputnik). In the meantime, let the speculation begin .... Vietnam's Restocking: Subs, Ships, Sukhois, and Now Perhaps F-16s and P-3s? (Defense Industry Daily).

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