{"id":6598,"date":"2026-08-13T15:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/6598\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:41:30","slug":"vietnams-warship-project-signals-modernisation-bamboo-diplomacy-balance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/6598\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam\u2019s warship project signals modernisation, bamboo diplomacy balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/vietnam?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vietnam<\/a>\u2019s construction of its most ambitious warship to date signals its ambition to develop a self-sufficient defence industry and assert its maritime interests.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">However, the country is expected to remain dependent on foreign technology for high-end engines, sensors and other critical systems even as it builds its defence manufacturing capabilities, according to analysts.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The frigate is being built at the Vietnamese defence ministry\u2019s Song Thu shipyard in Da Nang City, the military newspaper Quan Doi Nhan Dan reported on Monday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">State-owned military technology and telecommunications group Viettel will undertake the construction with the navy, Song Thu and other defence units, including weapons and equipment integration, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Vietnamese state media said the frigate would be built over 36 months, describing it as the largest and most modern combat ship to be produced domestically, designed to hunt submarines and fitted with phased-array radar, air-defence missiles and anti-ship missiles.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The project is part of Vietnam\u2019s plans to develop a defence industry that is \u201cautonomous, self-reliant, self-strengthening, dual-use and modern,\u201d according to a government statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vietnam\u2019s construction of its most ambitious warship to date signals its ambition to develop a self-sufficient defence industry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[407,14,4034,4033,273,1789,887],"class_list":["post-6598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-china","tag-defence-industry","tag-gepard-class-frigates","tag-hanoi","tag-russia","tag-us","tag-vietnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}