Viet Nam

East Asia & Pacific · Hanoi

Rank #17 of 173

69.4Strength score

Photos

Mỹ Tho, Vietnam, 5 April, 1968. A Viet Cong base camp being burned down. In the foreground is Private First Class Raymond Rumpa, St Paul, Minnesota, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, with 45 pound 90 mm recoilless rifle. — Mỹ Tho, Vietnam, 5 April, 1968. A Viet Cong base camp being burned down. In the foreground is Private First Class Raymond Rumpa, St Paul, Minnesota, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, with 45 pound 90 mm recoilless rifle.Army Specialist Fourth Class Dennis Kurpius · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Vietnam People's Navy Ship 20 at 2024 MILAN exercise — Vietnam People's Navy Ship 20 at 2024 MILAN exerciseIndian Navy · GODL-India · Wikimedia Commons

T6-C Aircraft Arrive at Phan Thiet, Vietnam from U S Air Force (8768984) — T6-C Aircraft Arrive at Phan Thiet, Vietnam from U S Air Force (8768984)U.S. Air Force PACAFPA by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Taranto · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance84
Air power53
Manpower100
Land forces86
Naval power66
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $10.5B #33
Budget as % of GDP: 2.15% #62
Spending per person: $103 #79
GDP: $514.7B #32
Population: 101,598,527 #16

Manpower

Active personnel: 450,000 #11
Reserve personnel: 5,000,000 #1
Paramilitary: 40,000 #27
Total personnel: 5,490,000 #2

Land forces

Tanks: 1,379 #12
Armoured vehicles: 1,960 #11
Self-propelled artillery: 180 #21
Towed artillery: 2,550 #5
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 750 #7

Air power

Total aircraft: 216 #38
Fighter jets: 70 #33
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: 20 #39
Helicopters: 42 #45
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 50 #31
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: 6 #21
Destroyers: —
Frigates: 9 #15
Corvettes: 17 #6
Patrol vessels: 18 #34

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

Compare with…

Weapons Viet Nam uses (1)

Type 59

Type 59Main battle tanks

Others in the region

3China93.9 VS
6Korea, Dem. People's Rep.79.4 VS
7Korea, Rep.77.9 VS
11Japan73.7 VS
22Thailand67.5 VS
23Indonesia67.4 VS
25Myanmar66.4 VS
26Singapore65.8 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance via Wikipedia (personnel); GlobalMilitary.net 2026 (equipment) · Year 2025 · ↗