Vietnam Overview
Overview of Vietnam's nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile capabilities and nonproliferation activities.
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Vietnam is not known to have ever developed biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons. Since the Vietnam War, it has been vocal in supporting the complete elimination of chemical weapons and signed the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1993. Vietnam possesses a limited missile arsenal but does not indigenously produce them.
Region East Asia and the Pacific
2013 High enriched uranium reserves transferred to Russia
11 million Gallons of Agent Orange herbicide used by U.S. forces during Vietnam War
2014 Signed a 123 bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement with the U.S. which expires in 2044
Overview of Vietnam's nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile capabilities and nonproliferation activities.
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