VietNamNet Bridge - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has given permission to garment companies to make uniforms for foreign armed forces. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has asked the Ministry of National Defence and Ministry of Public Security to give opinions on its draft regulations on allowing Vietnamese garment companies to make foreign uniforms. The enterprises which want to make foreign uniforms under contracts to be signed with foreign partners will have to ask for permission and report the contracts to state management agencies. MOIT, after receiving applications from enterprises, will have to consult with the ministries of National Defence and Public Security before granting licenses to enterprises. The General Department of Customs (GDC) will allow enterprises to import sample products after enterprises show the licenses, while it will keep a close watch over the enterprises’ outsourcing process until the products are exported. Dang Phuong Dung, … [Read more...] about Garment companies allowed to make foreign army uniforms
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Nearly 100 sets of US army uniforms found being smuggled into Vietnam
Customs officers at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City have seized nearly 100 sets of U.S. army uniforms in a consignment sent from the U.S. to Vietnam. The customs force detected these uniforms in a shipment of an individual who arrived at the airport on a flight from the U.S. on Sunday. Such army uniforms are on the list of goods banned from being imported into Vietnam under Decision 80/2006 dated May 9, 2006 by the Vietnamese Ministry of Defense. Customs officers are coordinating with the Ministry of Public Security to investigate the case. In order to ensure security and order for the upcoming National Day (September 2), airport customs officers have taken many measures to detect and prevent reactionary materials, weapons and military equipment from illegally being brought into Vietnam by air, the Tan Son Nhat customs sub-department said. On July 31, the force seized 94 military handguns and 472 magazines hidden on a flight from Turkey, in what could … [Read more...] about Nearly 100 sets of US army uniforms found being smuggled into Vietnam
Vietnamese soldiers to wear new uniforms
th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army. Over the past years, the uniforms have become popular and beloved for people. They are also considered as one of characters and image of Uncle Ho's soldiers. In both war and peace time, the uniforms help to honour the beauty of soldiers and create the unity and the strength of the army. The army uniform also illustrates the development of the armed forces in different period. As scheduled, new uniforms will be worn firstly in some agencies and units from April 30. The change of the uniform is an objective requirement which meets the demand of officers and soldiers of the whole army. The new army uniform is suitable for soldiers in fighting, training and in daily activities . New uniforms will also ensure the unity and the beauty of the army. At present, functional agencies and departments of the National Defence Ministry have been undertaking a project to design the new uniforms. Earlier, the Logistics General Department … [Read more...] about Vietnamese soldiers to wear new uniforms
Log smugglers wear army uniforms, use fake military trucks
Park rangers of Hoa Vang District in central Da Nang City Friday said they have detained two people caught smuggling logs in a fake military truck dressed up as soldiers. The Russian-made UAZ truck with the logs that were confiscated by Da Nang's park rangers on Thursday Do Tu, 34 and Quach Huu Chau, 18, both from Da Nang City, were caught red-handed on Thursday illegally carrying two cubic meters of logs. The duo were wearing military uniforms of second lieutenant rank and driving a truck with red number plates which are used only for military vehicles in Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Log smugglers wear army uniforms, use fake military trucks
Brazil’s Lula visits Vietnam’s General Giap
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on a Vietnam visit Thursday paid his respects to General Vo Nguyen Giap, the architect of military victories over France and the United States. Lula, a former leftist trade union activist, posed for a photograph with the 97-year-old general dressed in a white army uniform and said he would send the picture to Cuba's veteran revolutionary Fidel Castro. "The Vietnamese can be proud of being the people that defeated the French and the Americans in the same century," said Lula. "That says a lot about who the Vietnamese people are and how resilient they are." … [Read more...] about Brazil’s Lula visits Vietnam’s General Giap