List of equipment of the Vietnam People's Navy

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Vietnam People's Navy honour guard during the 2010 ASEAN Defence Ministers meeting.

Since the Vietnam War, most of Vietnamese vessels were supplied by the Soviet Union and now by Russia, while hundreds more were integrated into the navy after it was left over from South Vietnam although many have been decommissioned due to lack of parts.

The Vietnam People's Navy are the branch of the Vietnam People's Army with the fastest modernisation as the Vietnamese government put it as a main priority, with constant upgradation of its weapons, ammunition and combat capability.

Vessels

Submarines

Class Image Type Ships Origin Quantity Notes
Submarines
Kilo Submarine 182 Hà Nội
183 Hồ Chí Minh City
184 Hải Phòng
185 Khánh Hoà
186 Đà Nẵng
187 Bà Riạ-Vũng Tàu
 Russia (5)[1] One more under construction.[1]

Ships

Class Image Type Ships Origin Quantity Notes
Frigates
Gepard 3.9 Frigate 011 Đinh Tiên Hoàng
012 Lý Thái Tổ
 Russia (2) Two more under construction and another two was planned to be built.[2]
Petya Frigate HQ-09
HQ-11
HQ-13
HQ-15
HQ-17
 USSR 5 Active duty. Three are ASW and two were converted to gunboats.
Corvettes
Tarantul Corvette 371
372
373
374
 Russia 4[3] Active duty.
Molniya Corvette 375
376
377
378
379
380
 Russia
 Vietnam
(6) Active duty. Two more on order. Four more are planned.[4] Built locally.
BPS-500 Corvette
Anti-submarine warfare
HQ-381  Russia
 Vietnam
1 Active duty.
Patrol vessels
Osa Missile boat HQ-354
HQ-355
HQ-356
HQ-357
HQ-358
HQ-359
HQ-360
HQ-361
 USSR 8 Active duty.
Svetlyak Patrol boat HQ-261
HQ-263
HQ-264
HQ-265
HQ-266
HQ-267
 Russia 6 Active duty.
Turya Patrol boat HQ-331
HQ-332
HQ-333
HQ-334
HQ-335
 USSR 5 Active duty.
TT-400TP Patrol boat HQ-272
HQ-273
HQ-274
HQ-275
 Vietnam (4) Active duty, two on order.
HQ-56 Inshore patrol boat HQ-56  Vietnam 10
HQ-37 Inshore patrol boat HQ-37  Vietnam 5
Zhuk Inshore patrol boat Project 1400M  USSR 15
Amphibious warfare ships
LST-542 Amphibious warfare HQ-501 Trần Khánh Dư  USA 1 Active duty. The former USS Maricopa County LST-938 which captured during the Vietnam War.
Polnocny Amphibious warfare HQ-511
HQ-512
HQ-513
 USSR
 Poland
3 Active duty.
Hùng Vương Amphibious warfare HQ-521
HQ-522
 Vietnam 2 Active duty.
Auxiliary vessels
Sorum Logistics tug Project 745  USSR 1
Voda Logistics tug MTV-6/Project 561  USSR 1
Nyrat-2 Logistics tug Project 376U  USSR 5
Floating drydock  Vietnam 5
PO-2 Project 376  USSR 1
USN YOG-5 Harbour tanker  USA 5 ex-USN YOG-5. Captured during the Vietnam War.
Chaolocco Tug  USA 5 Captured during the Vietnam War.
USN Harbour tug  USA 10 Captured during the Vietnam War.
Mines counter-measure vessels
Sonya Minesweeper HQ-861
HQ-862
HQ-863
HQ-864
 USSR 4 Active duty.
Yurka Minesweeper HQ-851
HQ-852
 USSR 2 Active duty.
Yevgenya Minesweeper  USSR 2 Active duty.
Transport/Logistics support ships
HSV-6613 Ocean surveillance HQ-888 Trần Đại Nghĩa  Netherlands
 Vietnam
1 Active duty.
K-122 Transport/Logistics support ship HQ-571 Trường Sa
HQ-561 Khánh Hòa (hospital ship)
 Vietnam 2 Active duty.
HQ-996 Transport/Logistics support ship HQ-996  Vietnam 1 Active duty.
Trường Sa Transport/Logistics support ship Trường Sa 04
Trường Sa 08
Trường Sa 14
Trường Sa 19
Trường Sa 20
Trường Sa 21
Trường Sa 22
 Vietnam 7 Active duty.
Training vessel
Training vessel HQ-Lê Quý Đôn  Vietnam 1 Active duty.

Aircraft

Aircraft Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Patrol aircraft
DHC-6 Twin Otter Patrol aircraft  Canada 6 Active duty.
Helicopters
Kamov Ka-28 ASW helicopter  USSR 8 Serve in frigates and patrol vessels around Spratly Islands.
Eurocopter Dauphin ASW helicopter  France
 Vietnam
6 Active duty.
Eurocopter Super Puma Patrol helicopter  France
 Vietnam
2 Active duty.
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Magic Eye 01 UAV  Vietnam Under development.

Weapons

Ship/submarine missiles

Model Image Type Variants Origin Quantity Notes
Anti-ship missile (AShM)
Onyx Coastal defence SS-N-26 Yakhont  Russia 10 launcher
40 missiles
Finished negotiation for technological transferring programme. Two K-300P Bastion-P systems in active.
P-5 Pyatyorka Coastal defence SS-N-3 Shaddock  USSR
 Vietnam
unknown Active duty. Already self-produced by Vietnam.
P-15 Termit Anti-ship missile
Coastal defence
SS-N-2 Styx  USSR 20[3] Active duty. Equipped in Tarantul class ships. Some have been replaced by Kh-35.
Kh-35 Uran-E Anti-ship missile SS-N-25 Switchblade  Russia
 Vietnam
103[3] Active duty. Equipped in Molniya and Gepard class ships. Already self-produced by Vietnam. 300 more on order.
3M-14/54 Klub Anti-ship missile SS-N-27 Sizzler  Russia (10) Equipped in Kilo submarines. 40 on order.[5]

Firearms

ModelImageTypeCalibreOriginNotes
Pistol
Makarov Semi-automatic pistol 9×18mm Makarov  USSR Standard issue pistol.
Submachine gun
Uzi Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum  Israel Used by special naval forces.
Assault rifles
AK-47 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm M43  USSR Standard issue assault rifle.
IWI Tavor TAR-21 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO  Israel
 Vietnam
Manufactured locally.[6][7][8]
Machine gun
IMI Negev Light machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO  Israel
 Vietnam
Used by special naval forces.[9] Manufactured locally.[8]

Procurement

As the Vietnam People's Navy is responsible for protecting the nation's sovereignty and economic activities at sea, as well to repulse unauthorised foreign vessels intruding into Vietnamese waters. Vietnam's policy has considered the modernisation of the Navy a priority task in the overall military modernisation plan. As stated on 5 August 2011 by Minister of Defence Phùng Quang Thanh:

The direction of building up the armed forces is one to follow the revolutionary spirit, regularisation and effectiveness and gradual modernisation. Within this context, the Navy, the Air Force, the Signal Corps and Electronic Warfare will proceed directly into modernisation to protect the country.[10]

See also

References

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  2. "Vietnam to receive two more Gepard-class warships soon: gov't site". Tuổi Trẻ. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "SIPRI arms transfer database". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  4. "Việt Nam đóng thêm 4 tàu tên lửa Molniya với vũ khí mới" (in Vietnamese). VTC News. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. "Thống kê hợp đồng mua sắm đạn dược của Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Soha News. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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  8. 1 2 Steve Johnson (5 June 2013). "IWI To Produce Weapons In Vietnam". The Firearm Blog. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  9. Phan Tô Asura (3 February 2015). "IMI Negev - Súng máy thế hệ mới của Hải quân đánh bộ Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Soha News. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  10. Đỗ Hùng (5 August 2011). "Hiện đại hóa Hải quân" (in Vietnamese). Thanh Niên. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  11. Tamir Eshel (23 October 2011). "Vietnam Negotiate Buying four Sigma Corvettes from the Netherlands". Defense Update. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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  13. "Hanoi to Purchase Six Kilo Class Russian Submarines". Naval Today. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  14. Sanjeev Miglani; Sui-Lee Wee; Nick Macfie (28 October 2014). "India to supply Vietnam with naval vessels amid China disputes". Reuters. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  15. "Vietnam Navy receives transport choppers" (in Vietnamese). Tuổi Trẻ. 25 December 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  16. "VN sẽ có không lực thuộc hải quân" (in Vietnamese). BBC News. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  17. "Vietnam; Navy incepts Yakhont coastal missile". Defence Marketing Intelligence. 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  18. Indrani Bagchi (29 October 2014). "India ignores China's frown, offers defence boost to Vietnam". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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