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1952 TO 2019




IN MEMORY OF 
KHANH NGUYEN

the man who launched Vietnamese satellites



FROM THE VERY BEGINNING ~

Khanh Nguyen was born in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam. Even though telecom director has
was born there, it's believed he considered his origin to be Hung Yen, Vietnam.





KHANH'S FATHER WORKED FOR VIETNAM'S MINISTRY OF POLICE. HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY
EARLY ON WHEN HE WAS ONLY A TEENAGER. KHANH AND HIS OTHER SIBLINGS GREW UP IN A
POOR HOME WITH THEIR MOTHER.


 


INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY WAS ENCOURAGED AT THE NGUYEN HOME. ALTHOUGH HIS MOTHER WAS
A SMALL MERCHANT, HER TALK AT THE DINNER TABLE OFTEN INCLUDED SUBJECTS SUCH AS
EDUCATION AND PHILOSOPHY.

From an early age, Khanh expressed an interest in science and technology. As a
boy in the village, he often experimented at school. He was also known to be one
of very few people from the town to get full scholarship with sponsored room and
board to Czechoslovakia to study university. He aimed to study to go back to
Vietnam and contribute. But it wasn't until his early 30s, after building his
family in Hanoi, Vietnam, that Khanh immersed himself in the world of
telecommunications in the country.




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Sensing his future lay elsewhere, 16-year-old Khanh Nguyen made the bold
decision, with the scholarship from the government blessing of his parents, to
move to Bratislava. He'd been there for a few years when he got to experiment
with science and technology, and joined various competitions.



After living in Bratislava for a few years, Nguyen came back to Vietnam with a
dream to modernize and connect people via telecommunication technology. He
started his career like everyone else, worked as an engineer, and later minister
of telecommunication's apprentice, for years.



He was hired by Vietnam Post and Telecommunication (VNPT) to modernize their
international infrastructure via a new branch, called Vietnam Telecom
International (VTI, later named VNPT-i). Khanh Nguyen's innovative engineering
thinking process proved groundbreaking, as he introduced the use of funding
bleeding edge research and experiments years prior to implementation, which
results in international internet submarine cables, satellites. Khanh Nguyen was
the first managing director of VTI and remained guiding the team until his
death.



He was a frugal man and always think about building for others. In 1993, he
bought a gas scooter that he used well until his death in 2019.



He was hired by Vietnam Post and Telecommunication (VNPT) to modernize their
international infrastructure via a new branch, called Vietnam Telecom
International (VTI, later named VNPT-i). Khanh Nguyen's innovative engineering
thinking process proved groundbreaking, as he introduced the use of funding
bleeding edge research and experiments years prior to implementation, which
results in international internet submarine cables, satellites. Khanh Nguyen was
the first managing director of VTI and remained guiding the team until his
death.



Khanh Nguyen does things differently than the rest of us–even with something as
ordinary as pushing research and experiments on new projects ahead of time to
anticipate for the future. The telecom industry of Vietnam gained massive
benefit from his push for research that results in the first satellites in
Vietnam, VINASAT-1 and VINASAT-2.

Vinasat-1 is the first Vietnamese satellite to be placed in orbit. It was
launched at 22:17 GMT on 18 April 2008, by an Ariane 5ECA rocket from the Guiana
Space Centre in Kourou. The launch was conducted by the European organisation
Arianespace. VINASAT is the national satellite program of Vietnam, initialized
by Vietnam Telecom International. The project aims to bring independence in
satellite communications for Vietnam, besides other benefits such as enhancing
national security, opening new economic opportunities, etc...

There was much controversy from the Asia-American Gateway undersea cable. The
AAG cable is notorious for its frequent breaks and outages since it was made
ready for service in late 2009. Most of the outages have been located at the
intra-Asia segments between Hong Kong and Singapore, with most problems
occurring in the Vietnam section, while the segment between Hong Kong and the
Philippines seems to have fewer problems. The segments between the Philippines
and the United States are quite stable. Not only Vietnam, but also countries
like Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia, which currently have fewer alternatives
in place to reroute Internet traffic, are prone to severe service disruption
when the AAG cable breaks, whereas Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Philippines,
which are served by many different intra-Asia cables, are less affected.


DON'T WORK JUST TO SURVIVE, WORK TO CONTRIBUTE...



The infamous telecom director inspires kindness and hard work.


HOW TO PRONOUNCE NGUYEN


EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW AND HOPES I FAIL OR RETIRE SO THEY CAN CLAIM MY LEGACY.
BUT MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO EVERYONE ARE LIFELONG.


NG


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ASIA-AMERICAN GATEWAY



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VINASAT-1



VINASAT-2




WHY SHOULD I STOP WORKING?

IF I DO, I'LL DIE AND IT'LL ALL BE FINISHED




07.05.2019



This website is a tribute to Khanh Nguyen. Rest in Peace.


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