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Latest Activity: Oct. 12, 2008
Internet country code: .vn
Internet hosts: 106,772 (2007)
Internet users: 17.87 million (2007)
Telephones - main lines in use: 10.8 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 33.2 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: Vietnam is putting considerable effort into modernization and expansion of its telecommunication system, but its performance continues to lag behind that of its more modern neighbors
domestic: all provincial exchanges are digitalized and connected to Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City by fiber-optic cable or microwave radio relay networks; main lines have been substantially increased, and the use of mobile telephones is growing rapidly
international: country code - 84; a landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3, the C2C, and Thailand-Vietnam-Hong Kong submarine cable systems; the Asia-America Gateway submarine cable system, scheduled for completion by the end of 2008, will provide new access links to Asia and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 65,
FM 7
shortwave 29 (1999)
Television broadcast stations: 67 (includes 61 relay, provincial, and city TV stations) (2006)
Internet hosts: 106,772 (2007)
Internet users: 17.87 million (2007)
Telephones - main lines in use: 10.8 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 33.2 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: Vietnam is putting considerable effort into modernization and expansion of its telecommunication system, but its performance continues to lag behind that of its more modern neighbors
domestic: all provincial exchanges are digitalized and connected to Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City by fiber-optic cable or microwave radio relay networks; main lines have been substantially increased, and the use of mobile telephones is growing rapidly
international: country code - 84; a landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3, the C2C, and Thailand-Vietnam-Hong Kong submarine cable systems; the Asia-America Gateway submarine cable system, scheduled for completion by the end of 2008, will provide new access links to Asia and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 65,
FM 7
shortwave 29 (1999)
Television broadcast stations: 67 (includes 61 relay, provincial, and city TV stations) (2006)
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