| Communications | Vietnam |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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16.4 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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182 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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154 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,701 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: Vietnam is putting considerable effort into modernization and expansion of its telecommunication system
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 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) |
Broadcast media:
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government controls all broadcast media exercising oversight through the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC); government-controlled national television provider, Vietnam Television (VTV), operates a network of 9 channels with several regional broadcasting centers; programming is relayed nationwide via a network of provincial and municipal TV stations; law limits access to satellite TV but many households are able to access foreign programming via home satellite equipment; government-controlled Voice of Vietnam, the national radio broadcaster, broadcasts on 6 channels and is repeated on AM, FM, and shortwave stations throughout Vietnam (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,393,068 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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12,935,628 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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3,122,393 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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67 (includes 61 relay, provincial, and city TV stations) (2006) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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1,351,484 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.vn |
Internet hosts:
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129,318 (2010) |
Internet users:
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23.382 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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259 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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