Vietnam Morning Monitor: South Korea invests VND3.9 trillion in "Vietnam Valley," Vietravel Airlines has added new aircraft and plans new international routes
Vietnam News 07:30 29/10/2026South Korea is building a "K-Vietnam Valley" in Bonghwa County aimed at attracting Vietnamese families to settle long term. Vietravel Airlines has added a new aircraft and plans new international routes. Vietnam's U15 team lost 4-2 on penalties to Rwanda after a 2-2 draw in regulation time in a placement match at the U15 World Cup & Festival 2026. And there's more in your morning news round-up.
India's space sector takes off as private rocket readies launch
World 17:25 17/07/2026India has sent spacecraft to Mars and the Moon, put hundreds of satellites into orbit and will in the coming days launch its first privately developed orbital-class rocket.
Japan, Singapore to cooperate for peaceful use of space
World 17:50 08/07/2026SINGAPORE -- Japan and Singapore have signed a memorandum on cooperation to promote the peaceful use of space.
Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after historic trip around moon
World 12:20 12/04/2026HOUSTON - The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth's atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday after nearly 10 days in space, capping the first voyage by humans to the vicinity of the moon in over half a century.
Artemis II moon crew breaks Cold War-era spaceflight distance record
World 10:30 07/04/2026HOUSTON - The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission flew deeper into space on Monday than any humans before them, as they cruised through a rare flyby of the shadowed far side of the moon that revealed a lunar surface under cosmic bombardment.
NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad ahead of Artemis 2 mission
World 13:58 18/01/2026NASA on Saturday rolled out its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft as it began preparations for its first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years.
India space agency launches its heaviest satellite
World 10:46 25/12/2025India's space agency launched its heaviest ever payload on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling the deployment "a significant stride" for the space sector.
Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landing
World 09:26 14/11/2025Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars aboard, and in a breakthrough nailed the landing of its booster.
Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centers
World 14:20 06/11/2025Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race.
Data centers in space? Jeff Bezos says it's possible
World 17:28 04/10/2025TURIN -- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted on Friday gigawatt-scale data centers will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years and that continuously available solar energy meant they would eventually outperform those based on Earth.
Space, nuclear power promising areas of cooperation between Vietnam and Belarus: Ambassador Baravikou
Vietnam News 15:38 14/04/2025Vietnam and Belarus can explore the possibility of cooperation in space programs and nuclear power, according to Belarusian Ambassador Uladzimir Baravikou.
China aims to operate regular space flights by 2045, official says
World 18:04 19/09/2020China is trying to catch up with Russia and the United States to become a major space power by 2030