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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 17
16.4 million (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 7
154 million (2009)
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 stations - 2 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) 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 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) Internet country code
.vn
Internet hosts World Ranking: 73
175,612 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 17
23.382 million (2009)
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