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Viet Nam

East Asia & Pacific · Hanoi

Rank #17 of 173

69.4Strength score

Photos

Mỹ Tho, Vietnam, 5 April, 1968. A Viet Cong base camp being burned down. In the foreground is Private First Class Raymond Rumpa, St Paul, Minnesota, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, with 45 pound 90 mm recoilless rifle.
Mỹ Tho, Vietnam, 5 April, 1968. A Viet Cong base camp being burned down. In the foreground is Private First Class Raymond Rumpa, St Paul, Minnesota, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, with 45 pound 90 mm recoilless rifle.Army Specialist Fourth Class Dennis Kurpius · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Vietnam People's Navy Ship 20 at 2024 MILAN exercise
Vietnam People's Navy Ship 20 at 2024 MILAN exerciseIndian Navy · GODL-India · Wikimedia Commons
T6-C Aircraft Arrive at Phan Thiet, Vietnam from U S Air Force (8768984)
T6-C Aircraft Arrive at Phan Thiet, Vietnam from U S Air Force (8768984)U.S. Air Force PACAFPA by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Taranto · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

  • Finance84
  • Air power53
  • Manpower100
  • Land forces86
  • Naval power66
  • Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget
$10.5B #33
Budget as % of GDP
2.15% #62
Spending per person
$103 #79
GDP
$514.7B #32
Population
101,598,527 #16

Manpower

Active personnel
450,000 #11
Reserve personnel
5,000,000 #1
Paramilitary
40,000 #27
Total personnel
5,490,000 #2

Land forces

Tanks
1,379 #12
Armoured vehicles
1,960 #11
Self-propelled artillery
180 #21
Towed artillery
2,550 #5
Rocket launchers (MLRS)
750 #7

Air power

Total aircraft
216 #38
Fighter jets
70 #33
Attack aircraft & bombers
—
Transport aircraft
20 #39
Helicopters
42 #45
Attack helicopters
—

Naval power

Total naval vessels
50 #31
Aircraft carriers
0
Helicopter carriers
—
Submarines
6 #21
Destroyers
—
Frigates
9 #15
Corvettes
17 #6
Patrol vessels
18 #34

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
0

Weapons Viet Nam uses (16)

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19Fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-17Sukhoi Su-17Fighter aircraft Type 59Type 59Main battle tanks Shenyang J-6Shenyang J-6Fighter aircraft Kh-59 OvodKh-59 OvodCruise missiles Type 63Type 63Light tanks T-34/85T-34/85Other tanks BPS-500-class missile boatBPS-500-class missile boatFast attack craft STV RifleSTV RifleAssault rifles DN-2000-class patrol vesselDN-2000-class patrol vesselPatrol vessels CSB 8002CSB 8002Patrol vessels HQ-381HQ-381Fast attack craft

Weapons made in Viet Nam (10)

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K-50MK-50MSubmachine guns STV RifleSTV RifleAssault rifles XCB-01XCB-01Infantry fighting vehicles CSB 8002CSB 8002Patrol vessels HQ-381HQ-381Fast attack craft VCM-01Cruise missiles STL-1AAssault rifles OPL-40MGrenade launchers CSB 8005Patrol vessels HMJS Nanny of the MaroonsPatrol vessels

Others in the region

  1. 3China93.9 VS
  2. 6Korea, Dem. People's Rep.79.4 VS
  3. 7Korea, Rep.77.9 VS
  4. 11Japan73.7 VS
  5. 22Thailand67.5 VS
  6. 23Indonesia67.4 VS
  7. 25Myanmar66.4 VS
  8. 26Singapore65.8 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance via Wikipedia (personnel); GlobalMilitary.net 2026 (equipment) · Year 2025 · ↗