Vietnam To Launch First Telecom Satellite April 12

Hanoi, Vietnam (AHN)In a bid to improve the countrys telecommunications, Vietnam is all set to launch its first telecom satellite on April 12, officials announced on Wednesday.

Vinasat No. 1 is scheduled to be launched in French Guiana from the Kourou spaceport in South America. It will begin operation by May though, according to Nguyen Ba Thuoc, vice general director of state-owned Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Corp.

The $200 million satellite can transmit up to 10,000 voice, Internet or data channels or 120 television channels nationwide. Vietnam now rents satellites from Australia, Thailand, and Russia.

For around the last decade, Vietnams economy has grown at an average annual rate of more than 7 percent. It has 19 million Internet users and over 40 million telephone subscribers.



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