Military power of Vietnam & NATO
Vietnam vs NATO
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
More about Vietnam militaryThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (North Atlantic Alliance) is an intergovernmental military alliance which was signed in Washington on 4 April 1949. NATO is a system of collective security: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by others countries. NATO's main headquarters are located in Brussels. The following twelve states signed the treaty and became the founding members: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and United States. The following states joined the treaty after 1949: Greece, Germany, Turkey and Spain. Members who joined after the dissolution of the Soviet Union: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.
Before and during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, several NATO countries sent army to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank. Alliance had deployed 40,000 troops along its 2,500 kilometres long Eastern flank to deter possible Russian aggression. On 5 July the North Atlantic Alliance members signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland and formally approved the decisions of the NATO summit.
Finland joined the alliance on 4 April 2023.
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Military expenditures
VN | NATO | |
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Military budget: | 8 billion $ | 1321.7 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 1.6% | 0% |
Manpower
VN | NATO | |
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Active personnel: | 482,000 | 3,254,339 |
Reserve personnel: | 3,000,000 | 2,633,732 |
Available for military: | 30,000,000 | 206,903,543 |
Land Forces
VN | NATO | ||
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Tanks: | 1,829 | 12,328 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,820 | 81,916 | |
Total artillery: | 2,000 | 12,467 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 180 | 4,439 | |
Rocket artillery: | 450 | 1,751 |
Air Forces
VN | NATO | ||
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Total aircraft: | 271 | 20,987 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 11 | 903 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 35 | 3,663 | |
Attack aircraft: | 34 | 673 | |
Helicopters: | 99 | 7,945 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 965 |
Navy
VN | NATO | ||
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Total naval: | 96 | 1,990 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 30 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 121 | |
Frigates: | 9 | 111 | |
Corvettes: | 14 | 54 | |
Submarines: | 6 | 144 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Vietnam
Does not have nuclear weapons.
NATO
Data not available
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.
NATO
Data not available