HANOI (Reuters) -Amazon is aiming to deploy its Kuiper satellite services in Vietnam, Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology said in a statement.

The statement from late on Tuesday came after a meeting in Hanoi between deputy minister Pham Duc Long and Gonzalo de Dios, head of Global Licensing and Project Kuiper at Amazon.

The U.S.-based tech giant has pledged to invest $570 million by 2030 to build infrastructure, including up to six ground stations and terminal manufacturing in the northern province of Bac Ninh through local partnerships, the ministry said.

Amazon has also established a Vietnamese entity, Amazon Kuiper Vietnam Co., Ltd., based in business hub Ho Chi Minh City, and submitted an application for low Earth orbit satellite services.

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