Vietnam looks to master satellite technology
Hanoi
(VNA) – Vietnam sets out a plan to become one of the region’s most advanced
countries in satellite technology by producing LOTUSat-2 by 2022.
The plan was
revealed at a conference to implement the Vietnam Space Centre project for
2017-2022 held by the Vietnam National Satellite Centre under the Vietnam
Academy of Science and Technology in Hanoi on March 23.
Since it was
launched five years ago, the Vietnam Space Centre project has followed the set satellite
development plans as well as researched and applied satellite technology in managing
forest, agriculture and climate change impact assessment.
In the 2017-2022
period, besides completing the planned projects, the centre will focus on studying
and developing space science and technology.-VNA