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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:
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)
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