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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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The 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

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Military budget: 8 billion $ 1321.7 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.6% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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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

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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 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

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 20,987
Fighter aircraft: 11 903
Multirole aircraft: 35 3,663
Attack aircraft: 34 673
Helicopters: 99 7,945
UCAV (combat drone): 0 965

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 96 1,990
Aircraftcarriers: 0 30
Destroyers: 0 121
Frigates: 9 111
Corvettes: 14 54
Submarines: 6 144

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.

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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

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