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Discreet Vietnamese visit to Paris to move forward with export of Safran's Patroller​

Safran's Patroller at the Eurosatory Defense and Security expo, Villepinte exhibition centre, France, 21 June 2024. © Artur Widak/NurPhoto via AFP

After signing a memorandum of understanding during Emmanuel Macron's visit to Hanoi in May with a view to exporting Patroller drones to Vietnam, discussions are progressing despite the lack of a government in France. [...]

France/Vietnam • Discreet Vietnamese visit to Paris to move forward with export of Safran's Patroller - 29/09/2025 - Intelligence Online

After signing a memorandum of understanding during Emmanuel Macron's visit to Hanoi in May with a view to exporting Patroller drones to Vietnam, discussions are progressing despite the lack of a - 9/29/2025

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Looks to be local production of Safran Electronics drone "Patroller"

 

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great idea, copying the future of pig farming from China
a joint venture between BAF (Vietnam) and Muyuan (China) with a $454 m high-rise pig farming project, producing 1.6 million pigs a year

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FedEx Express adds additional outbound flights operating every Monday departing from Hanoi.
“Vietnam continues to play a pivotal role in global supply chains, and we remain deeply committed to helping businesses in the North connect to the world with speed and reliability” - FedEx

 

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Vingroup chairman Phạm Nhật Vượng gets richer although the carmaker Vinfast continues making losses. his wealth increased to 15.8 billion USD from 7.7 billion USD in the last 6 months. congrats

 

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interesting way to make money. Vietnam´s crypto market cap reaches $220 billion in June 2025, third in APAC. India, Việt Nam and Pakistan are projected to drive the growth.

 

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Vietnam donated 12,000 tonnes rice to the Palestinians. Previously Cuba reportedly received another batch of 100,000 tonnes rice. In the recent speech before UN General Assembly, Vietnam calls the US to lift sanctions on Cuba. Many in the world are surprised why Vietnam does not fear the US?
(Trump is silent because he still hopes the Vietnamese would turn against China).

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important date to observe
effective October 10, Vietnam gov ends state monopoly on gold, both export and import. Vietnam´s gold reserves are low. Will most likely rise sharply after the date.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-27/vietnam-opens-up-gold-market-in-pivotal-shift-as-monopoly-ends?embedded-checkout=true

 

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Interesting UAV cargo project
the news goes almost unnoticed.
Goertek (China) doubles UAV production rate to 60,000 pieces a year at its Vietnam plant in Bac Ninh. the special drones are made for the delivery company Wing, owned by Alphabet/ Google.

 

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Wing Drone Delivery in 2024: ‘Capable Of Handling Tens Of Millions Of Deliveries For Millions Of Consumers’

Wing is clearly looking to scale significantly soon. While the company has completed 300,000 deliveries to date, Woodworth is preparing to go big: tens of millions of deliveries for millions of customers. Essentially, that means normalizing drone delivery for the masses.

www.forbes.com

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Viettel introduces for the first time ever missile warheads covered by silica ceramics radone. the material is said can withstand air friction caused by extreme high speed flight, MACH 4+. the US, China, Israel use the materials for their missiles.

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those domestic made incoming ceramic missiles would be
most likely a copy version of Israeli Barak missile shield.
must fly at high speed to intercept enemy missiles, aircraft.

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Marc Knapper, US ambassador to Vietnam with To Lam, the party chief
Knapper is a frequent guest, he is seen almost everywhere in the news. He probably wants a small talk on Lam’s planned visit to North Korea.

 

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good for reducing noise and air pollution

the domestic market for electric motorbikes rising more faster than ever

From the projection out of annual 2 million electrics Vinfast bikes will dominate the market with 1.5 million. Seems the best days for Japanese bike makers as Honda, Yamaha are over.

 

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Vietnam military budget will increase to $11 billion in 2026 from $10.3 billion. some of the increase will go to new hardware as T-1 tank, Xcb-03 infantry fighting vehicle.