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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Russia to supply Vietnam six submarines in 2014

Kilo class submarineRussia will supply six submarines to Vietnam in 2014, Oleg Azizov, representative of Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport, has said during a maritime defense show that wrapped up in Saint-Petersburg on July 2.

Vietnam has signed a contract to purchase six Kilo 636-MV class diesel-electric submarines, Azivov was quoted as saying by the VNA newswire. He did not provide more details.

At the Asian-Pacific Security Forum held in Singapore last month, Vietnmese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh had said that Vietnam and Russia have negotiated the delivery of six Kilo-class submarines for the purpose of defense that will only operate in Vietnamese waters.

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