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Test calibration flight over the new Saigon international airport with the main building resembling a lotus flower

 

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Vietnam plans to build 10 small modular reactors SMR with construction beginning in 2 years 2027. First units will have 10 MW each.
The nuclear plants will meet international safety standards. fully passive safety systems, natural convection and self-cool without using external power.

 

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Viettel invests $1 billion into a new R&D centre. developing "rocket made in Vietnam" is one of the goals. the engineers will probably take some clues of Japan´s rocket program.

Viettel invests US$1 billion in data center, R&D center

Viettel Group, a Vietnamese state-owned multinational telecommunications, technology and manufacturing conglomerate, has recently broken ground on two national projects, namely the An Khanh Data Cente…

w.media

 

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Viettel mobile long-range multi sensor surveillance system
coming with a package of S band radar truck and Vtol lightweight drones

 

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Viettel thermal monocular

 

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Viettel 5G military grade computer and telecoms devices

 

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Making 76mm gun

 

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domestic made AK630 30mm ship gun
firing rate 5,000 rounds a minute

 

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good question:
should the 175mm M107 self propelled artillery be pulled out of storage and reactivated?
from production to ammo and logistics would be extemely challenging.

 

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Vietnam likely misses LNG to power target because the 3 major gas turbine manufacturers GE, Siemens and Mitsubishi can´t deliver (with the result Vietnam can´t buy LNG from the US). Unless Trump steps in and advises GE to deliver the turbines to Vietnam on priority list.

Global gas turbine shortages add to LNG challenges in Vietnam and the Philippines

Global gas turbine shortages set to increase delays and costs for gas-to-power projects in Vietnam and the Philippines.

ieefa.org

 

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Vietnam's Vingroup enters steel business to reduce dependence on China​

New subsidiary VinMetal plans to invest $380m in a 5-million-ton domestic steel plant

A steel plant in Shanghai: Nearly 60% of Vietnam's iron and steel imports comes from China, the world's biggest producer of the metal. © Reuters

YUJI NITTA and MAI NGUYEN
October 7, 2025 17:24 JST

Vietnam's Vingroup enters steel business to reduce dependence on China

New subsidiary VinMetal plans to invest $380m in a 5-million-ton domestic steel plant

asia.nikkei.com

 

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Fiber optical cable guided drone

 

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a terrible weapon in the hand of infantry
mini thermobaric rocket launcher

 

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Test firing domestic made VCM-B antiship missile battery

 

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