Condensed from "Russia Reaching Out to Vietnam to Firm Security, Energy Ties," by Hideki Soejima, the Asahi Shimbun, published in the Cambodia Daily, Oct. 28, 2010. All text below is copyright Soejima/the Asahi Shimbun.
TOKYO -- Russia is strengthening security and energy ties with Vietnam . . . .
The first step in Russia's efforts to engage in Vietnam's national security coincided with the agreement last December for Russia to build its first nuclear power plant in Vietnam. As part of that deal, Russia agreed to sell six submarines, at a reported cost of $1.8 billion, to Vietnam.
Russia is also providing Vietnam with missile cruisers and Sukhoi fighters to support the modernization of Vietnam's navy.
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