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Nguyễn Thắng · Knows KoreanUpdated 1y

It is true that Vietnam’s weapons are a bit outdated!

But bullets fired from ak47 guns can still kill people like modern guns, right?

Anti-tank guns can still destroy tanks, right?

and the problem is!:

The total military personnel is 5.48 million, accounting for 5.6% of the total population. Of the overall figure, the reserve personnel hit 5 million, ranking 1st among 138 country. The fit-for-service is 41.8 million (13rd) while reaching military age annual is 1.65 million (15th).

Vietnam, the country of 97 million people, after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 has compulsory conscription for men of 18 to 27 for the enlistment of two years while the status for women is voluntary.

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