U.S. Lends Vietnam $118 Million for Satellite

The United States says it will give Vietnam a loan of more than $100 million to buy a telecommunications satellite from a U.S. company…Lockheed Martin… Ex-Im says the satellite will provide coverage to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. It says President Barack Obama was required to approve the $118 million loan because of its size and because it is granted to what it called a “Marxist-Leninist” country…

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