Forces: January 12, 2000

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Vietnam is trying to form a new Coast Guard as a separate service from the Navy in order to deal with smuggling and corruption. Russia and the British Thornycroft shipyard are competing to sell the Vietnamese four-to-six new coastal patrol vessels. --Stephen V Cole

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