By Prensa Latina
Hanoi : Vietnam will soon launch its first telecommunications satellite from South America, Deputy Director Nguyen Quang Hung of State Vinast Agency’s Satellite Information Center informed on Wednesday.
The device arrived today at the Kourou launch base in the French Guiana Overseas Department and will be launched by the European Arianespace consortium at the end of March or early April, to be transferred to the National Post and Telecommunication Agency of Vietnam, indicated Hung.
Vinasat-1 s objective is to guarantee services to the satellite bands of an immense region that includes this Indochinese country, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, China and other nations.
With a 220 million dollars funding over 15 years, Vinasat-1 will improve the national services of high technology, said the official.