HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has received a second Russian-made guided missile warship as tensions over disputed islands in the South China Sea continue, state media reported Tuesday.
The Gepard class frigate, Vietnam's most modern warship, was delivered Monday at the Cam Ranh naval port in central Vietnam, the Thanh Nien newspaper said.
Taking the delivery of the frigate marked a "new development" in improving "the combative strength as well as the capability of managing and defending the country's sea sovereignty," the paper quoted navy commander Nguyen Van Hien as saying.
Vietnam took the delivery of the first warship of this kind in March.The Southeast Asian nation has also ordered to buy six diesel-electric "Project 636" Varshavyanka submarines for a total of $2 billion. The submarines are also known by their NATO nickname, "Kilos." The delivery of the first submarine was expected in three years.
Vietnam's naval build-up comes at a time when tensions between Vietnam and China flare over disputed islands in the South China Sea.
Relations between the two communist neighbors hit a low-point this summer after Hanoi accused Beijing of interfering with its oil exploration activities.
The two sides, along with several other Asian nations, claim all or part of two disputed island chains believed to be rich in natural resources in an area that's home to vital shipping lanes.
10 comments:
US must be very careful to establish relationship with Vietnam. Soviet has been Viet's big brother ever since the Vietnam war. Viet are very smart people but there is tactic to scare Viet off. YOU QUIETLY HANDLE VIET youself. Do it Khmer....."Do not wait for your country do it for you, but you have to do for your country".
Koy Wuji form Esconchon
Cambodian have nothing and powerless.
China is scaring shitless!!!! The Chinese will blow the gooks off the water. The Viet and Philippines are the China-America side show.
Dead-wish for gooks!!!!
Please don't drum beat for the war. It only benefit weapon manufactures and you know who !!!
When was the last time that the supper powers fought the war in their own country ??? If you can't recall that is your answer !!!!
Where the world economy is heading right now, I am not supprise that the war will start some where very soon to generate the weapon demands or you call it increasing the sale.
I just hope that Cambodia will not be part of it !!!
The weapon sale only work for rich country who can afford them. It is unlikely the country like Cambodia.
11:43PM! you bet?
How Pol Pot had paid to China with my pearents lives and hunger!that for weapon , boy!
And see what Hun Xen had acquired rockets, tanks, ships, ans armunitions? And Hun Xen will get chopters soon!
My children, grand children down to me great......great ..great grand children will pay for those if they not lost their lives and deathly hungry just poor and hungry!
Yes, Cambodia is dirt poor. And I don't think Soviet or America will you give you shit if you beg them either
the vietcons believe smart ass by licking and serving Chinese and other nation interest with their people messsy life
millions of vietcons messy life, land destroyed and other millions of vietcrooks born with no hands or heads with chop head but these kantop vietcon believe to be smart ass on earth ,
continue to be free slaves for free pouch ah kantop ass because you are smart ass kantop
what rong with you, Khmer good dog 2:54 AM
HUN SEN will hire the viet-cong to guard the sea border along with THAILAND,by offering the viet black teeth some land or island(kosh tral).I will buy the mines to lay down to the bottom of the sea from the FRENCH made,so make sure do not cross inside CAMBODIAN's territory.From me HUN MANET and HUN WARMAN.
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