Currently most defence procurement programs focus on remedying this priority. Accordingly, Vietnam has been slow to develop naval and air forces to control shallow waters and its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). From the end of the 1990s the Government of Vietnam has announced the acquisition of a number of strategic systems equipped with modern weapons. The government does not conduct procurement phases or major upgrades of weapons. Vietnam prioritises economic development and growth while maintaining defense spending. Vietnamese Army troops on Spratly Island. With the end of the Cold War in 1992 Soviet military equipment subsidies ended and Vietnam began the use of hard currency and barter to buy weapons and equipment. People's Army of Vietnamĭuring the First Indochina War (1946 –1954), Vietnam War (1955–1975), Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1977–1989), Sino-Vietnamese War (1979) and the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979– 1991 (1979–1991), the Vietnam People's Ground Force relied almost entirely on Soviet-derived weapons and equipment systems.

The roundel that is featured on most VPA's armed military vehicles.

Us army future main battle tank