Hanoi’s hard choice : Rafale or Su-57

For sixty years, the answer to the question “what does Vietnam fly?” has been simple: whatever Moscow sold it. MiGs, then Sukhois — a proud, entirely Russian air force. In 2026, for the first time, that answer is genuinely in doubt, and the alternative wears a French accent. Hanoi is hunting for a new fighter, and the contest has narrowed to two very different machines: the Dassault Rafale and the…