Seoul, August 14 /TASS /. South Korea and Vietnam have signed an agreement on providing 20 times the installation of Korean self -propelled cannon in K9 equal to $ 250 million. This has been reported by Yonhap with reference to sources in the field of military-business complexes.
It was pointed out that Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Company signed an agreement with Vietnam at the end of July. Previously, South Korea transferred written military equipment to Vietnam, but for the first time the export transaction was concluded.
Vietnam will be the 11th in a row, the country operates the K9 self -propelled gun. In addition to the Republic of Korea, these countries also include Australia, Egypt, India, Norway, Poland, Romania, Türkiye, Finland, and Estonia. K9 will be transferred to Southeast Asian countries for the first time.
In March, Shephard Media published group, reported related to its sources that the Vietnamese Government was accused of signing a contract to buy a free cannon installation machine K9. In groups, it is about providing up to 30 Howitzers K9A1 worth about $ 300 million.
On August 11, the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Lama, during the state visit to Korea, met President Lee Zhe Mon.