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Vietnam
Power index #17 / 118🛰 Drones: Basic✓ No tracked active conflict
Composite power index · percentile among 118 scored countries#17
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Figures are educated estimates from open reporting or, where marked, formula-modeled. Blank fields are not estimated, not assumed zero.
Overview
Vietnam is located in Asia (South-eastern Asia). It has an estimated population of 100,000,000, with a nominal GDP of roughly $470 billion (about $4,700 per capita). Its armed forces field an estimated 470,000 active-duty personnel, backed by roughly 5,000,000 reservists, ranking #10 of 174 countries in this dataset by active personnel. Estimated annual defense spending is around $7B, roughly 1.5% of GDP. Its inventory includes an estimated 290 military aircraft, 2,000 tanks, 65 naval vessels. Vietnam's air fleet is assessed as mixed and its armored fleet as likely minimal in this dataset's modernity model. Vietnam has a basic-tier documented drone/UAV program.
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Global Standing percentile per metric
Active Conflicts
No tracked active conflicts involving Vietnam. See the Conflict Watch map for all 19 tracked conflicts.
Share of World
of world population
100,000,000 people
of world GDP
$470B nominal
of world defense spending
$7B / year
of world active personnel
470,000 soldiers
Economy & Demographics
Manpower
Force Composition5,470,000 total personnel
Active 9%Reserve 91%
Financials & Strategic
Defense burden: 1.5% of GDP
Spend per active soldier: $15k / yr
Soldiers per 1,000 people: 4.7
🛰️Drone / UAV Capability
Basic
Airpower
Helicopters (Total)
n/a
✈️Air Fleet Modernity
MIXEDModernity score 3.2/5.0
Named Aircraft Fleet (75 of 290 total)
ESTIMATED
Su-30MK2 GEN 4.5 · ADVANCED
35
Su-22 (legacy) GEN 2 · OBSOLETE
40
Fleet Modernity Score
3.2 / 5.0
Count-weighted average generation of the named fleet above, NOT raw aircraft count. This is exactly the fix for "600 obsolete jets vs. 300 modern ones": North Korea has more aircraft than most of its neighbors but a modernity score near 2.0 (nearly all Gen 2-3), while the US and Israel score near 4.5-5.0 despite smaller headline totals in some matchups.
Land Power
🛡️Armor Fleet Modernity
LIKELY MINIMALHeuristic: defense spend per soldier
Naval Power
⚓Naval Fleet Modernity
LIKELY MINIMALHeuristic: defense spend per soldier, not a fleet inspection
Regional Context — South-eastern Asia
Vietnam ranks #1 of 8 in South-eastern Asia on the composite power index. Bars are relative index scores; follow any row to that country's profile.
Compare Vietnam 18 matchups
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Economic confidence: High. Military confidence: Low. Ranks shown as "#x of y" count only countries with a reported value for that metric. The composite power index averages the six category scores (log-scaled against the world leader per metric) and is this site's own model — not an official rating.