Vietnam to build national space centre

Vietnam to build national space centre
(Nhan Dan Vietnam) March 25, 2010
Vietnam will build a National Space Centre to maximize the application of space technology in service of the nation’s socio-economic development. With Japan ’s assistance in design, construction of the US$400 million facility will start within this year at Hanoi ’s Hoa Lac Hi-tech Zone, according to the Vietnam Science and Technology Academy , which oversees the project. By its completion in 2018, the centre will entail a satellite assembly, integration and test facility, a satellite signal transmission station, a research center, a space museum and an observatory, said the project manager, Dr. Pham Anh Tuan.