Vietnam Telecommunications Profile 2004

Telephones - main lines in use

4.402 million (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular

2.742 million (2003)

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; main lines have been substantially increased, and the use of mobile telephones is growing rapidly
international: country code - 84; satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999)

Television broadcast stations

at least 7 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998)

Internet country code

.vn

Internet hosts

340 (2003)

Internet users

3.5 million (2003)