premise: Vietnam could have its first remote sensing satellite in late 2007 or early 2008, if the government approved the space industry development strategy and a project on launching it in the next few months, an official said Tuesday.
  Vietnam plans to launch a small remote sensing satellite to provide aerial images mainly used to better manage natural resources and transport systems, prevent natural disasters and forest fires, put forth weather forecasts, and draw maps, local newspaper Youth on Tuesday quoted Tran Cong Due, deputy director of the Science and Technology Department under the Ministry of Science and Technology, as saying.
  The production and launch of a small satellite weighing 10-100 kg costs some 6 million US dollars, while those of a bigger satellite weighing 100-500 kg up to 20-40 million dollars, Due stated, noting that some foreign companies want to cooperate with Vietnam on the issue.
  A small remote sensing satellite will be put on a pole-to-pole orbit at a distance of 300-1,500 km from the Earth, he said.
  Now, Vietnam has to annually spend millions of US dollars buying aerial images from foreign countries, he said.
   What does Vietnam currently do that explains why the country would save money if it launched a satellite?
hypothesis: approved the space industry development strategy