On the afternoon of September 6, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Tim Hughes, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Global Business of SpaceX Corporation (USA). This is the world's leading corporation in providing spacecraft, satellite launch services and satellite communications, valued at about 210 billion USD.
The Prime Minister welcomed the Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Global Business of SpaceX Corporation to visit and work in Vietnam on the occasion of the two countries celebrating the first anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnam considers the United States an important partner and wishes to continue promoting and deepening relations with the United States, especially cooperation in science and technology, innovation, high-tech industry and semiconductors, which have been identified as important pillars in the relationship between the two countries.
With more than 1,300 investment projects with a total registered capital of more than 11.8 billion USD from the United States in Vietnam, the economic relationship between Vietnam and the United States is not commensurate with the potential and comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, the Prime Minister said that Vietnam always creates the most favorable conditions for US businesses to succeed in Vietnam, in the spirit of "harmonious benefits and shared risks".
Regarding Vietnam's development strategy, the Prime Minister said that Vietnam is building a digital government, digital economy, digital society, digital citizens, etc.; he hopes that large technology companies, including SpaceX, will cooperate and invest in Vietnam.
Thanking the Prime Minister for taking the time to receive the delegation, agreeing with the opinion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Senior Vice President of SpaceX Corporation - the world's leading corporation in providing spacecraft, satellite launch services and satellite communications, valued at about 210 billion USD, said that SpaceX started providing Starlink Internet service (satellite internet) in the United States since October 2020, to date this service is serving nearly 3 million customers in more than 100 countries around the world.
SpaceX Senior Vice President Tim Hughes highly appreciated the investment environment in Vietnam, as well as Vietnam's program to provide Internet services to all people. SpaceX is ready to prepare and wishes to invest and provide Starlink satellite internet services in Vietnam, including providing Starlink services in the fields of education, training, disaster prevention and control, etc.; he requested Vietnam to prepare infrastructure and other necessary conditions for the project to be highly effective, contributing to Vietnam's coverage of the internet to 100% of the population.
Congratulating SpaceX Corporation on its direction, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed SpaceX's interest and investment in Vietnam; highly appreciated SpaceX's ideas and investment cooperation proposals in Vietnam, expecting that these proposals will soon become reality; and said that Vietnam has sufficient conditions in terms of infrastructure and mechanisms and policies for businesses in general, including SpaceX, to invest and do business effectively in Vietnam.
The Prime Minister asked SpaceX to coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and agencies of Vietnam to implement cooperation projects to ensure compliance with legal regulations, ensure information network security and safety; promote cooperation in areas where SpaceX has strengths and Vietnam has potential such as: Science and technology, innovation, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, etc.
The Prime Minister also asked SpaceX to transfer technology, train human resources, and management experience, helping Vietnam build smooth infrastructure, smart management, and open mechanisms; expand partnerships with Vietnamese enterprises, focusing on increasing the content of high technology, digital technology, and green technology; develop supporting industries, develop ecosystems, research and development, transfer technology, provide secondary services, and bring Vietnam deeper into the global value chain.
Mr. Tim Huges affirmed that he will cooperate and coordinate closely with Vietnamese partners and businesses, especially in the areas discussed by the Prime Minister.
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