Hanoi has done something unusual for a tightly managed telecoms market: it’s inviting two U.S. giants to compete, at speed, under a five-year pilot that rewrites how satellite internet is regulated, built and sold in Vietnam. The result will test whether LEO can complement one of Asia’s most aggressive fibre rollouts—and whether Washington–Hanoi trade politics now run through space.
The spark
On August 27, 2025, Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology disclosed that Amazon aims to deploy Project Kuiper in Vietnam, pledging up to six ground stations and local terminal manufacturing in Bac Ninh by 2030,
