HANOI: United States Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth is ready to fulfill Vietnamese senior officers on Sunday (Nov 2) as he visits Hanoi amid extended talks over Washington’s potential provide of army tools to its former foe, together with transport planes and helicopters.
Hegseth is anticipated to reach within the Vietnamese capital early on Sunday afternoon after a sequence of conferences in Malaysia along with his Asian counterparts, in response to a Vietnamese official briefed on the journey.
Hegseth was anticipated to fulfill Vietnam’s Communist Occasion chief To Lam, President Luong Cuong and Defence Minister Phan Van Giang, the official mentioned.
Talks on US arms provides are anticipated to dominate the agenda, in response to the official and one other Vietnamese supply briefed on the matter.
Each talked about Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules army transport planes among the many objects to be mentioned. A US official additionally confirmed C-130s would come up within the talks.
One of many Vietnamese sources mentioned the availability of US helicopters is also mentioned, particularly Lockheed Martin S-92s and Boeing Chinooks.
The three sources declined to be named as the knowledge was not public. All of them mentioned it was not clear whether or not any deal or announcement could be made on Sunday.
Boeing deferred questions on the matter to the Vietnamese and US governments.
Vietnam’s authorities, the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin didn’t reply to requests for remark exterior enterprise hours.
