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Tuesday, 04/22/2008 5:00:35 AM

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:00:35 AM

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Prime Minister receives Lockheed Martin GM

(21-04-2008)


Representatives of Lockheed Martin present a souvenir to PM Dung at the satellite Vinasat-1 launching ceremony on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Duc Tam
Ha Noi — Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said that the successful lift-off of Vinasat-1 has broadened co-operation opportunities between Viet Nam and Lockheed Martin and the US more generally.

Dung made the statement while receiving general manager Marshall Byrd of Lockheed Martin in Ha Noi on Saturday. Lockheed Martin built Viet Nam’s first satellite, Vinasat-1.

The Government leader said he was pleased at the fine development of the Viet Nam-US relationship, especially the signing of the bilateral trade agreement after which two-way trade and investment increased sharply.

He asserted that the Government was actively implementing co-operation agreements that had already been signed on economics, trade, investment, science-technology, education and training.

General manager Byrd spoke highly of Viet Nam’s economic development and expressed hopes of promoting long-term co-operation with Vietnamese partners.

He also affirmed his support of Viet Nam in developing its post and telecommunications infrastructure.

After the country’s satellite was sucessfully launched on Saturday morning, PM Dung said, "The VINASAT-1 project is politically, economically and socially important for the country and represents Viet Nam’s claim for national sovereignty in outer space."

PM Dung stated that VINASAT-1 provided an important telecommunications channel linking Viet Nam with other nations.

The launch makes Viet Nam the 93rd country in the world and the sixth in the region having deployed its own satellite in space.

Boasting a transmission capacity equivalent to 10,000 telephone, Internet and data transmission channels or 120 digital television channels, VINASAT-1 will bring telecom, Internet and television services to people in remote, mountainous areas and islands in Viet Nam.

VINASAT-1 is 4 metres in height and 2,600kg in weight. It has a prospective life of 15-20 years and was built by the US’s Lockheed Martin at a cost of close to US$300 million.

The satellite is scheduled to reach 132 degrees east in space, a position that Viet Nam registered with the International Telecommunications Union in 1999, eight days after the launch.

Lockheed Martin plans to complete the handover to the Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications General Corporation (VNPT) to put the satellite into use in June this year. — VNS

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