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| VIETNAMESE MILITARY STATS: |
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Air force personnel
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15,000 |
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[24th of 49]
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Armed forces growth
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-53 |
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[118th of 132]
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Armed forces personnel
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484,000 |
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[9th of 166]
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Army personnel
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412,000 |
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[7th of 49]
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Conscription
Conscription exists (AI). |
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Conventional arms imports
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$247,000,000.00 |
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[26th of 85]
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Expenditures > Dollar figure
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$650,000,000.00 |
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[63rd of 170]
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Iraq pledges of reconstruction aid
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$700,000.00 |
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[33rd of 40]
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Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
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22,888,100 |
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[12th of 175]
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Manpower > Military age
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17 |
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[122nd of 129]
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Military Capabilities > Active Troops
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484,000 |
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[10th of 0]
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Military Capabilities > Defense Budget
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$650,000,000.00 |
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[10th of 0]
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Military Capabilities > Military Capabilities > Frigates
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6
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[8th of 10]
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Military Capabilities > Tanks
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1,315 |
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[10th of 0]
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Navy personnel
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42,000 |
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[13th of 49]
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personnel
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495,000
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[13th of 170]
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personnel > % of total labor force
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1.12 %
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[77th of 168]
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Service age and obligation
18 years of age (male) for compulsory military service; females may volunteer for active duty military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (3 to 4 years in the navy); 18-45 years of age (male) or 18-40 years of age (female) for Militia Force or Self Defense Forces (2006) |
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Tanks
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1,500 tanks |
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[9th of 22]
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Weapon holdings
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6,678,000 |
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[12th of 137]
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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; US Department of Defense. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index, April 24, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Military Capabilities; Wikipedia: Military Capabilities
; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04); Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam, Viet Nam, Vietnam SR, Việt Nam
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