This is Japan's effort to increase its involvement in the South Pacific, an area with many undersea communication cables connecting East Asia, the United States and Australia.
Islands of Palau - Pacific nation
Funding will come from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' international cooperation budget. It is expected that several billion yen (equivalent to several hundred billion VND) of public-private investment will be mobilized in the first two years.
Pacific island nations are using equipment from Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei for their onshore networks. However, the US claims that Huawei has ties to the Chinese military and poses a security risk. Huawei denies the allegations.
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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nhat-se-ho-tro-cac-dao-quoc-ve-ha-tang-vien-thong-185240915201648662.htm
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