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Vinfast makes another attempt to sell electric buses to Europe, now with CATL and GOTION batteries which offer greater capacities and range (Vietnamese batteries are still not good enough).

 

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Also, T34 tank will be put on display during the parade. much old museum pieces from WW2, Vietnam war, Third Indochinese war

 

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HANOI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Vietnam is planning to switch completely to ethanol-blended gasoline from next year, opening up the possibility for the Southeast Asian country to import more ethanol and corn from the United States.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has submitted a proposal to the government to switch to E10 - a blend that mixes gasoline with up to 10% of bioethanol, according to ministry documents reviewed by Reuters. It currently uses the RON95 and RON92 unleaded gasoline standards.

The switch will pave the way for the import of American ethanol and corn to Vietnam as the Southeast Asian country seeks to narrow its trade gap with the United States, its largest export market, according to one document.

"This is one of the quick and effective solutions to increase the imports of goods from the United States, reducing the surplus," it said.
The United States recorded a trade deficit of $123 billion with Vietnam last year, one of its highest globally.

Vietnam in March cut its import tariff on ethanol to 5% from 10%. Donald Trump said last month that Vietnam could import U.S. products with zero tariffs.

Vietnam, which consumes less than 30 million tons of petroleum products per year, has also pledged to boost imports of other American products, including airplanes, LNG, crude oil and farm produce.

Vietnam's customs data showed imports from the United States in the first seven months of this year rose 22.7% to $10.54 billion, but fuels and corn were not listed specifically among the imports.

The country currently has six ethanol plants with a combined capacity of 600,000 cubic metres a year, meeting around 40% of the demand for E10 gasoline production, one of the documents showed.

The documents also said using E10 gasoline would help reduce carbon emissions and align with the country's net zero targets. Vietnam pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050 at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow (COP26) in November 2021.

 

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BM21-M1 Grad rocket launcher, with a new fire control system and automatic turret
an improved version to russian BM21 Grad rocket launcher

 

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Vietnam might as well stop switching to EV cars so you can import much more US oil and gas to please the lunatic.

 

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Vietnam might as well stop switching to EV cars so you can import much more US oil and gas to please the lunatic.

the EV transition will take 10y at least. that’s a long way. we now need a quick fix.

 

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the army’s private business activity is not too bad. there are many with Viettel the most famous brand. the company generated $2 billion profit out of $7.5 billion revenue in 2024. next source of revenue: foreign military sales

 

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better close up view to the new PTH152 152mm howitzer with double guns configuration

 

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VASK-03, a new Ku band active homing seeker antiship missile, range 20km
a short range version to the standard range VCM-01 (80km), VCM-02 (300km) antiship missle

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in total 50 new weapon systems are put on display. many are reverse engineering of USSR and russian systems. here s300 missile although no info if domestic made or not.

 

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Mobile EW unit
Looks a bit dangerous with EW equipment on the back.

 

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Russia´s new heavily armored troop transporter "Chekan"
probably as test vehicle.

 

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Vietnam´s PTH130 130mm self propelled howitzer
specs: KrAZ-255 chassis , M46 artilery gun, crew 6, artillery firing range 27km, artillery velocity at firing 930m/s, vehicle total weight 23,300kg, artilery firing angle 29 degree

 

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the Vietnamese carmaker Vinfast is generous. On the occassion of the national day it delivers 2 armor bulletproof limousines and 10 standard versions "Lac Hong 900 LX" to the goverment.
the name "Lac" comes from name of the mythical Lac bird of Vietnam. Hong means red. the EV is heavy (5,049kg), range 450km with 123kWh battery.

 

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New vision gears HNVF-01 and HNVF-02
combining light intensification and thermal imaging technologies in a single monocular