Russia shares GLONASS navigation system information with Vietnam

Russia's RIA Novosti news agency, on May 10, led a press release by the Russian Government Office saying that the Russian side is ready to build in Vietnam ground stations of GLONASS global satellite navigation system. Russia and share the information collected in the framework of bilateral cooperation.

Accordingly, the Russian government passed bills on ratifying bilateral agreements with Vietnam and Nicaragua as the basis for developing bilateral relations in the field of aerospace.

This draft also includes the proposal to establish in two partner countries ground stations of GLONASS system .

'This agreement is shaped and identifies principles, standards and conditions for developing bilateral cooperation in the field of space operations, including: intellectual property protection, protection coordination. and exchange different types of information, end use certification and the order of communication in the territory of the importing country with protected products and technologies, thereby establishing export control " , - Press release of the Russian Government said.

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The agreement not only mentioned the establishment on the territory of Vietnam and Nicaragua the ground stations of GLONASS system, but also called on the parties to attach importance to bilateral cooperation in the fields, such as: information technology Earth pillars, exploration from long range, space medicine and biotechnology .

Earlier, Vietnam and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the research and use of aerospace for peaceful purposes.

This document was signed during the latest visit of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

GLONASS global satellite navigation system is a Russian version similar to the American GPS system. GLONASS allows to determine the position and movement speed of road, sea and air vehicles with an accuracy of up to 1 meter. This system began to be deployed in the Soviet Union in 1982 after the first satellite was launched into orbit in October of the same year.

On September 24, 1993, this system was officially put into use. However, it was not until 1995 that the system was full of 24 satellites working in orbit according to the original design.