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![Dmitri A. Medvedev and Vo Van Thuong stand side by side, shaking hands and looking forward. They are flanked by flags of Russia and Vietnam. Dmitri A. Medvedev and Vo Van Thuong stand side by side, shaking hands and looking forward. They are flanked by flags of Russia and Vietnam.](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic01.nyt.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F09%2F09%2Fmultimedia%2F09vietnam-russia-03-wmcf%2F09vietnam-russia-03-wmcf-articleLarge.jpg%3Fquality%3D75%26auto%3Dwebp%26disable%3Dupscale&hash=106b612766d36efaa6760e3a874a1269)
In a photo provided by Russian state media, Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former prime minister of Russia, greets President Vo Van Thuong in Hanoi, Vietnam, in May.Credit...Yekaterina Shtukina/Sputnik, via Reuters
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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.
That will be a challenge how buy more submarines, frigates, tanks, planes from Russia without provoking Chinese response and US sanctions.
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