>>>>A question not answered is who is/was the intended recipient of these NVG’s?<<<<<<
Vietnam’s annual per capita income is $1,000, and night vision goggles go for $3,000 to $5,000 USD.
We can safely bet they were selling to the VN military.
Also Vietnam’s Purchase Power Parity makes that $3,000 price tag equal to about $15,000 to $20,000 in the USA.
$3,000 is A LOT of money in VN.
“We can safely bet they were selling to the VN military.”
Personally, I’d guess it was a “blind” buyer obtaining the mdse. to move to another buyer in some other country, e.g., one of the Stans.