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Vietnam vs Netherlands

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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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Netherlands is a country located in Western Europe with an area of 41,543 km2 (land boundries: 1,053 km and costline 451 km). The capital of Netherlands is Amsterdam. The number of inhabitants is 17,469,635.

The Netherlands is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg signed an agreement to conduct joint air policing of their territories in 2015. They trade responsibility for patrolling the skies over the three countries. The inventory of the Netherlands Armed Forces consists of a mix of domestically-produced and modern European and United States equipment. The Netherlands has an advanced domestic defense industry that focuses on armored vehicles, naval ships, and air defense systems

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 8 billion $ 16.6 billion $
Percent of GDP: 1.6% 1.6%

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 41,199
Reserve personnel: 3,000,000 6,532
Available for military: 30,000,000 7,728,129

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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 18
Armoured fighting vehicles: 1,820 1,116
Total artillery: 2,000 75
Self-propelled artillery: 180 52
Rocket artillery: 450 0

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: 271 183
Fighter aircraft: 11 0
Multirole aircraft: 35 61
Attack aircraft: 34 0
Helicopters: 99 82
UCAV (combat drone): 0 4

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: 96 144
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 4
Frigates: 9 2
Corvettes: 14 0
Submarines: 6 4

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

Vietnam

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Netherlands

Netherlands participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

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.

Netherlands

17 years of age for an all-volunteer force.