Vietnam’s interest in buying South Korean howitzers could raise concerns in Beijing, analysts said, as it suggested Hanoi was “willing to be equipped with the capabilities to counter China” by the US ally.Meeting in Hanoi on April 23, Vietnamese deputy defence minister Hoang Xuan Chien and his South Korean counterpart Kim Seon-ho agreed to “further strengthen practical cooperation in various fields such as defence industry and logistics cooperation”, the South Korean defence ministry said.Chien said Vietnam “highly valued” South Korean weapons systems and expressed an intention to buy South Korea’s K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzer, with Seoul’s cooperation.Japan joins China, US,...