SpaceX’s Starlink has begun taking orders in Vietnam, where a first year costs about $1,190 and the state allows full ownership but caps subscribers at 600,000.

HANOI — VinSpace, a unit of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, has signed a launch contract with SpaceX for its satellite missions, the company said on Tuesday.

Vietnam's first private space company is turning to Elon Musk's SpaceX to get its first satellites into orbit. The deal comes as Vietnam steps up efforts to build its own space…