Military and security service personnel strengths | information is limited and varied; estimated 450,000 active-duty troops; estimated 40,000 Border Defense Force and Coast Guard (2023) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the PAVN is armed largely with weapons and equipment from Russia and the former Soviet Union; in recent years, Russia has remained the leading supplier of newer PAVN military equipment, but Vietnam has diversified arms purchases to include more than a dozen other countries including Belarus, Israel, the Netherlands, South Korea, and the US; Vietnam has a limited domestic defense industry (2023) |
Military service age and obligation | 18-27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service for men and women (in practice only men are drafted); service obligation is between 24 (Army, Air Defense) and 36 (Navy and Air Force) months (2023). |
Military deployments | 190 Abyei/South Sudan/Sudan (UNISFA) (2024). |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 1.8% of GDP (2023 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 2.3% of GDP (2022 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 2.3% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 2.4% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 2.3% of GDP (2019 est.) |
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