Belarus will Supply Vietnam Unmanned Aircraft Systems

TSAMTO. Belarus plans to deliver to Vietnam unmanned aircraft systems. The Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich at a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, BelTA informs.

Grif-1 UAV from Belarus (photo : Vitaly Kuzmin)

According to Mikhail Myasnikovich, "We very much hope associate with scientific and technical cooperation. Here and unmanned aircraft systems, the contracts for which we sign as part of your visit, and future joint projects in the field of bio-and information technologies, as well as in medicine "- BELTA.

Type procured Vietnam UAVs are not reported.

Earlier, in January this year, the agency BelTA reported on the organization of the production of UAVs by the National Academy of Sciences. The company engaged in the production of Belarusian drone was created Physical-Technical Institute of the NAS of Belarus.

Unmanned aerial vehicles planned to create custom melokoseriynymi parties. As of January of this year, according to the learned, had produced about 10 ready copies. In the future, drones planned to supply the markets of other countries.Among the potential customers has been called Vietnam.

It should be noted that Vietnam has already implemented in the work on the UAV in three areas: personal development, as well as programs with Russia and Sweden.

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Vietnam, Belarus to step up military and technical cooperation

MINSK, 17 May (BelTA) - Vietnam and Belarus will step up military and technical cooperation. The agreement was reached at the 13th meeting of the joint Belarusian-Vietnamese commission on military and technical cooperation in Minsk on 16 May, BelTA learned from the State Military Industrial Committee of Belarus.

Noting the high potential of military and technical cooperation, Belarus and Vietnam confirmed mutual interest in intensifying this cooperation and raising it to a new level. To accomplish this, the Belarusian side proposed the Vietnamese partners to develop new forms of cooperation in order to more fully exploit the opportunities of both defense enterprises of Belarus and those of its partners in the military and technical cooperation,” said the committee.

In particular, time is ripe to switch over from export/import operations to the transfer of technology for the manufacture of military products, use of innovative technologies and R&D products, and setting up joint manufactures.

“The two states have been taking steps to bolster cooperation in the military and technical sector. The two countries have capabilities for that and mutual interest: from maintenance and modernization of armament and military hardware to joint production of new military goods,” the State Military Industrial Committee said.

The commission focused its attention on the issues regarding training for Vietnamese specialists, including at the Military Academy of Belarus.

The Belarusian delegation was headed by acting First Deputy Chairman of the State Military Industrial Committee, Chairman of the Belarusian part of the commission Igor Bykov. The Vietnamese delegation was led by Deputy Minister of the National Defense of Vietnam, head of the Vietnamese part of the commission Colonel-General Truong Quang Khanh.

Belarusian Telegraph Agency