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Vietnam is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 332,698 km2 (land boundries: 4,616 km and costline 3,444 km (excludes islands)). The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi. The number of inhabitants is 96,208,984.

The PAVN is armed largely with weapons and equipment from Russia and the former Soviet Union. Russia has remained the main supplier of newer PAVN military equipment, although in recent years Vietnam has purchased arms from more than a dozen other countries. Vietnam has a limited defense industry

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Singapore is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 719 km2 (land boundries: 0 km and costline 193 km). The capital of Singapore is Singapore. The number of inhabitants is 5,703,600.

Singapore is a member of the Five Powers Defense Arrangements, a series of mutual assistance agreements reached in 1971 also includes Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The SAF has a diverse and largely modern mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons. Singapore has the most developed arms industry in Southeast Asia.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 6.2 billion $ 11.6 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2.3% 3.33%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 482,000 71,000
Reserve personnel: 3,000,000 352,500
Available for military: 30,000,000 1,255,902

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 1,829 170
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,820 3,507
Total artillery: 2,000 161
Self-propelled artillery: 180 48
Rocket artillery: 450 24

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 271 252
Fighter aircraft: 11 0
Multirole aircraft: 35 100
Attack aircraft: 34 0
Helicopters: 99 87
UCAV (combat drone): 0 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 96 43
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 9 6
Corvettes: 14 6
Submarines: 6 5

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Vietnam

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Singapore

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Vietnam

18-25 years of age for male compulsory and voluntary military service; females may volunteer for active duty military service; conscription typically takes place twice annually and service obligation is 18 months (Army, Air Defense), 2 years (Navy and Air Force); 18-45 years of age (male) or 18-40 years of age (female) for Militia Force or Self Defense Force service; males may enroll in military schools at age 17.

Singapore

18-21 years of age for male compulsory military service; 16 1/2 years of age for volunteers; 2-year conscript service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 40 (enlisted) or age 50 (officers).