Vietnam: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 5.9 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 122 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 129 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | 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, completed in 2009, provided new access links to Asia and the US; satellite earth stat (2015) |
Broadcast media | government controls all broadcast media exercising oversight through the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC); government-controlled national TV provider, Vietnam Television (VTV), operates a network of 9 channels with several regional broadcas (2008) |
Internet country code | .vn |
Internet users | total: 49.741 million percent of population: 52.7% (July 2015 est.) |