Vietnam will build a National Space Centre to maximize the application of spacetechnology in service of the nation’s socio-economic development.
WithJapan ’s assistance in design, construction of the 400 million USD facility willstart within this year at Hanoi ’s Hoa Lac Hi-tech Zone, according to theVietnam Science and Technology Academy , which oversees the project.
Byits completion in 2018, the centre will entail a satellite assembly, integrationand test facility, a satellite signal transmission station, a research center, aspace museum and an observatory, said the project manager, Dr. Pham AnhTuan.
In the future, the Centre plans to undertake technological transferin order to self-manufacture earth-observing satellites, which are able to watchover the country’s sovereign territory in any weather condition, said theproject manager.
The National Space Centre is the cornerstone of the“Strategy on Research and Application of Space Technology to 2020” approved bythe Government in 2006.
The strategy aims to lay out a national policyand a legal framework for research and application of space technology alongside policies to ensure the provision of human resources and investment for thework.
It also sets the target to develop initial infrastructuralfacilities for space technology, including a station to receive and processsatellite images, and a network of satellite-based positioningstations.
Additionally, the strategy looks forward accepting the transferof technologies relating to small-sized satellites and building correspondingground control stations.
Vietnam has begun applying space technologysince the 70s and 80s particularly in hydro meteorology, communications, andremote sensing and gained productive results.
However, in the absence ofa national policy on space technology research and application, infrastructureand human resources in the field remain insufficient and research andapplication activities have been done in a dispersed manner, lackinginter-branch coordination.
To boost space technology research andapplication, experts suggested that the State establish an agency in charge ofall related activities, including training a contingent of qualified staff,building technical infrastructure, and provide mechanisms and incentives toinvite local and foreign experts to partake in projects in the field./.
WithJapan ’s assistance in design, construction of the 400 million USD facility willstart within this year at Hanoi ’s Hoa Lac Hi-tech Zone, according to theVietnam Science and Technology Academy , which oversees the project.
Byits completion in 2018, the centre will entail a satellite assembly, integrationand test facility, a satellite signal transmission station, a research center, aspace museum and an observatory, said the project manager, Dr. Pham AnhTuan.
In the future, the Centre plans to undertake technological transferin order to self-manufacture earth-observing satellites, which are able to watchover the country’s sovereign territory in any weather condition, said theproject manager.
The National Space Centre is the cornerstone of the“Strategy on Research and Application of Space Technology to 2020” approved bythe Government in 2006.
The strategy aims to lay out a national policyand a legal framework for research and application of space technology alongside policies to ensure the provision of human resources and investment for thework.
It also sets the target to develop initial infrastructuralfacilities for space technology, including a station to receive and processsatellite images, and a network of satellite-based positioningstations.
Additionally, the strategy looks forward accepting the transferof technologies relating to small-sized satellites and building correspondingground control stations.
Vietnam has begun applying space technologysince the 70s and 80s particularly in hydro meteorology, communications, andremote sensing and gained productive results.
However, in the absence ofa national policy on space technology research and application, infrastructureand human resources in the field remain insufficient and research andapplication activities have been done in a dispersed manner, lackinginter-branch coordination.
To boost space technology research andapplication, experts suggested that the State establish an agency in charge ofall related activities, including training a contingent of qualified staff,building technical infrastructure, and provide mechanisms and incentives toinvite local and foreign experts to partake in projects in the field./.
