HANOI: US weapons manufacturers could work with Vietnamese counterparts to help build up Vietnam's armed forces, the US ambassador to the country said on Thursday (Dec 19).

U.S. weapons manufacturers could work with Vietnamese counterparts to help build up Vietnam's armed forces, the U.S. ambassador to the southeast Asian country said on Thursday. “Our goal is to ensure that Vietnam has what it needs to defend its interests at sea,

Our goal is to ensure that Vietnam has what it needs to defend its interests at sea, in the air, on the ground and in cyberspace'