VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan issued instructions on Saturday providing that Vietnamese telecommunications companies would be given priority to use certain positions within the country’s satellite orbit.

The Vinasat 1 satellite station.

The deputy prime minister also asked the Ministry of Finance to draft and issue regulations on fees related to the use of satellite orbit positions.

In other aspects of telecommunications law, both foreign-invested and domestic enterprises would be eligible to provide telecommunications services and build telecommunications infrastructure, under a draft law being circulated for comment by the Ministry of Information and Communication.

The law would replace the 2002 Ordinance on Posts and Telecommunications.

With provisions specific to the telecommunications industry, including unfair competition, investment and ownership and other issues, the law would allow enterprises to function in the sector in an equal and transparent environment.

All telecommunications assets, including broadcast frequencies, number resource, and domain names, would be managed in line with the market system and assigned by auction or examination.

The draft law would also stipulates that the planning of telecom works is an indispensable part of construction planning for urban areas, industrial parks, export processing zones, hi-tech parks and economic zones, in order to facilitate the provision and use of telecommunications services.

Viet Nam’s first telecommunications satellite, Vinasat 1, was successfully launched in April of this year.

(Source: Viet Nam News)