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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH Asia Pacific SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK Asia Pacific|Vietnam Chases Secret Russian Arms Deal, Even as It Deepens U.S. Ties https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/world/asia/vietnam-russia-arms-deal.html * Share full article * * * 199 Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT VIETNAM CHASES SECRET RUSSIAN ARMS DEAL, EVEN AS IT DEEPENS U.S. TIES Defying U.S. sanctions, a Vietnamese government document lays out a plan to buy Russian weapons, which officials see as a way to upgrade its military as a hedge against China. * Share full article * * * 199 * Read in app President Biden arriving in New Delhi on Friday for the G20 summit, ahead of his trip to Vietnam.Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York Times By Hannah Beech Sept. 9, 2023 Get it sent to your inbox. When President Biden is greeted by Vietnamese officials in Hanoi on Sunday, he will be celebrating the prospect of adding another friend in Asia to a coalition that his administration hopes will side with American interests rather than China’s and Russia’s. During Mr. Biden’s visit, the two nations will underscore their commitment to “increase peace, prosperity, and stability in the region,” a White House press statement said. Nguyen Phu Trong, the top Vietnamese leader, is expected to confer upon the United States an upgrade of strategic ties. The Biden administration has reciprocated early, glossing over the Communist Party of Vietnam’s intensifying human rights crackdown. But even as the United States and Vietnam have nurtured their relationship over recent months, Hanoi is making clandestine plans to buy an arsenal of weapons from Russia in contravention of American sanctions, an internal Vietnamese government document shows. The Ministry of Finance document, which is dated March 2023 and whose contents have been verified by former and current Vietnamese officials, lays out how Vietnam proposes to modernize its military by secretly paying for defense purchases through transfers at a joint Vietnamese and Russian oil venture in Siberia. Signed by a Vietnamese deputy finance minister, the document notes that Vietnam is negotiating a new arms deal with Russia that would “strengthen strategic trust” at a time when “Russia is being embargoed by Western countries in all aspects.” Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT For Vietnam, the idea makes a certain sense. Once one of the world’s top 10 arms importers, Vietnam has long depended on Russian weaponry. The United States’ vow to punish nations that buy Russian weapons has roiled Vietnam’s plans to revamp its military and create a tougher deterrent to Chinese encroachment on its maritime borders in the South China Sea. Yet by developing its secret plan to pay for Russian defense equipment, Vietnam is stepping into the center of a larger security contest that is steeped both in Cold War politics and the hot war of the moment, in Ukraine. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Hannah Beech is the senior correspondent for Asia based in Bangkok. She was previously the Southeast Asia bureau chief. More about Hannah Beech A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 10, 2023, Section A, Page 12 of the New York edition with the headline: Vietnam in Secret Talks To Buy Russian Arms. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe Read 199 Comments * Share full article * * * 199 * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT COMMENTS 199 Vietnam Chases Secret Russian Arms Deal, Even as It Deepens U.S. TiesSkip to Comments The comments section is closed. To submit a letter to the editor for publication, write to letters@nytimes.com. SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2024 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions KEEP READING THE TIMES BY CREATING A FREE ACCOUNT OR LOGGING IN. Continue Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. See subscription options