Vietnam and Canada to formalise new defense ties

Last week, during the visit of a high-ranking Canadian official to Vietnam, both sides indicated that they may formalize a new defense policy dialogue to advance security cooperation, Prashanth Parameswaran reports on The Diplomat. The proposal highlighted the continuing efforts by the two sides to further boost their defense collaboration.
Vietnamese soldiers should progressively be issued new assault rifles based on the Galil to be manufactured in a new local plant built in the framework of a cooperation agreement with Israel Military Industries (Picture source: People’s Army Newspaper)