Vietnam receives objects from Japan for display at space museum
The Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) has received several objects from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for exhibition at the country’s space museum.
At the hand-over ceremony (Source: congnghe.tuoitre.vn)
Tokyo (VNA) – The Vietnam NationalSpace Centre (VNSC) has received several objects from the Japan AerospaceExploration Agency (JAXA) for exhibition at the country’s space museum.
The objects consist of a Vietnamese flag and avideo of greetings of Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai from the InternationalSpace Station (ISS), an ISS model, a model of the Japanese experiment moduleKIBO on the ISS, and a model of the H-IIA launch rocket.
This activity was under the agreement signedbetween JAXA and VNSC in November 2017 to develop the Vietnam Space Museum.Accordingly, JAXA pledged to provide some objects for display at the museum,such as space technology models, some items from the ISS, and images or filmsabout outer space. It will also help with the management of the museum’sactivities.
At the handover ceremony in Tokyo, VNSC GeneralDirector Pham Anh Tuan thanked JAXA for cooperating with his centre in not onlyspace technology, but also the popularisation of space knowledge amongstVietnamese people.
He noted that the planetarium and observatory ofthe Vietnam space centre project, which includes the space museum, in Hanoi’sHoa Lac Hi-tech Park will be open to the public in the second quarter of thisyear. The objects received from JAXA will also be showcased here.
On January 18, JAXA launched MicroDragon, aVietnamese-made earth observation satellite, along with six Japanesesatellites into space. The launch, using an Epsilon-4 rocket, was carried outat the Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima prefecture, some 1,000km outside of Tokyo.–VNA
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At the hand-over ceremony (Source: congnghe.tuoitre.vn) 
