(Télé)communications

 

ICT Information and Communications Technology

Computers & the Internet
Viêt Nam
East Asia & Pacific
Low income
 
1995
2000
2000
2000
Personal computers

Per 1,000 people
1.4
8.8
15.9
5.1

Installed in education (thousands)
7.7
27.0a
..
..

Networked PCs (%)
..
..
..
..
Internet

Users (thousands)
..
200.0
32,903.0
9,472.4

Monthly off-peak access charges

Service provider charge ($)
..
19.7a
21.8a
33.6a

Telephone usage charge ($)
..
0.25a
0.22a
0.36a

a. Data refer to 2001

Sources : Computers and the Internet, ITU and WITSA

 

1992
1993 - 1994
1995
1996 - 1999
2000
2001
Telecommunications: 25 telephones per 10,000 persons (1991); broadcast
stations - 16 AM, 1 FM, 2 TV; 2,300,000 TV sets; 6,000,000 radio receivers; 3 satellite earth stations
Telecommunications: the inadequacies of the obsolete switching equipment
and cable system is a serious constraint on the business sector and on economic growth, and restricts access to the international links that Vietnam has established with most major countries; the telephone system is not generally available for private use (25 telephones for each 10,000 persons); 3 satellite earth stations; broadcast stations - NA AM, 288 FM; 36 (77 repeaters) TV; about 2,500,000 TV receivers and 7,000,000 radio receivers in use (1991)

Telephone system:
NA telephones; 2 telephones/1,000 persons; the inadequacies of the obsolete
switching equipment and cable system are a serious constraint on the
business sector and on economic growth, and restrict access to the
international links that Vietnam has established with most major countries;
the telephone system is not generally available for private use
local:
NA
intercity:
NA
international:
3 satellite earth stations
Radio:
broadcast stations:
AM NA, FM 228, shortwave 0
radios:
7 million (1991)
Television:
broadcast stations:
36 (repeaters 77)
televisions:
2.5 million (1991)
Telephones: 800,000 (1995 est.)

Telephone system: while Vietnam's telecommunication sector lags far behind other countries in Southeast Asia, Hanoi has made considerable progress since 1991 in upgrading the system; Vietnam has digitized all provincial switch boards, while fiber-optic and microwave transmission systems have been extended from Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City to all provinces; the density of telephone receivers nationwide doubled from 1993 to 1995, but is still far behind other countries in the region; Vietnam's telecommunications strategy aims to increase telephone density to 30 per 1,000 inhabitants by the year 2000 and authorities estimate that approximately $2.7 billion will be spent on telecommunications upgrades through the end of the decade
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth stations—2 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM 228, shortwave 0

Radios: 7.215 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: NA

Televisions: 2.9 million (1992 est.)

Telephones - main lines in use: 775,000 (1995)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 178,000 (1998)

Telephone system: while Vietnam's telecommunication sector lags far behind other countries in Southeast Asia, Hanoi has made considerable progress since 1991 in upgrading the system; Vietnam has digitalized all provincial switch boards, while fiber-optic and microwave transmission systems have been extended from Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City to all provinces; the density of telephone receivers nationwide doubled from 1993 to 1995, but is still far behind other countries in the region
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999)

Radios: 8.2 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: at least 7 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998)

Televisions: 3.57 million (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 5 (1999)

Telephones - main lines in use: 2.6 million (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 730,155 (2000)
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; since 1991, main lines in use have been substantially increased and the use of mobile telephones is growing rapidly

international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999)
Radios: 8.2 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: at least 7 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998)
Televisions: 3.57 million (1997)
Internet country code: .vn
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 5 (2000)
Internet users: 121,000 (2000)

 

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