Vietnam expected to master the technology to manufacture small satellites by 2017, when the project to build the first national space centre is scheduled for completion, said the vice chair of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology’s Space Technology Institute, Dr Pham Anh Tuan. The Hoa Lac national space centre project was to be built with $400 million from Japanese official development assistance (ODA) on a 9ha site in the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, 30km from central Hanoi.

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Vietnam space institute to make small satellites

Vietnam expected to master the technology to manufacture small satellites by 2017, when the project to build the first national space centre is scheduled for completion, said the vice chair of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology’s Space Technology Institute, Dr Pham Anh Tuan. The Hoa Lac national space centre project was to be built with $400 million from Japanese official development assistance (ODA) on a 9ha site in the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, 30km from central Hanoi. Japanese experts would transfer technology and support to build the technical facilities and train staff

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Vietnam space institute to make small satellites