Communications in Vietnam
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Telephones - main lines in use: 6,200,000 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,000,000 (2003)
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 10 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998)
Televisions: 3.57 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 7 (2003)
Internet users: 1.5 million (2003)
Country code (Top level domain): VN
- See also : Vietnam