Vietnam says SpaceX plans US$1.5bil Starlink investment


General secretary To Lam said the Vietnam government is reviewing the proposal. — Reuters

UNITED STATES: SpaceX is proposing to invest US$15bil in Vietnam tied to its Starlink – a subsidiary of SpaceX that uses thousands of satellites to provide web access – satellite service in the near future.

The South-East Asian country’s government cited a meeting between the company’s senior vice-president Tim Hughes and the Communist Party’s general secretary To Lam.

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