Vietnam arms imports drop to a trickle despite regional tensions
Vietnam's imports of weapons last year slowed to a trickle as it worked to diversify supplies away from Russia, data released on Monday show, while experts warned the country could be vulnerable during a regional conflict. Despite an estimated budget of more than $1 billion annually for arms imports, last year it placed no new major orders, according to data released on Monday by defence think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The main delivery was a naval corvette d