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Southeast Asia > Vietnam > Media

VIETNAMESE MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average cost of local call 0.02 [133rd of 151]
DVD region 3 [110th of 171]
Films produced 11 [46th of 50]
Mobile phones 2.34 per 100 people [40th of 43]
Number of PCs 1,044 [51st of 169]
Radios 8,200,000 [39th of 221]
Telephone employees, total 90,000 ... [9th of 194]
Telephone mainlines 15,845,000 ... [15th of 202]
Telephone subscribers 25,438,200 ... [22nd of 199]
Telephone subscribers per employee 79.38 ... [114th of 191]
Telephone 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 substantially increased, and the use of mobile telephones is growing rapidly
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
Telephone system > International
country code - 84; satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
Telephones > Main lines in use 15,845,000 [16th of 225]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 9,593,000 [39th of 220]
Television broadcast stations 6 [106th of 220]
Television standard > UHF PAL G
Television standard > VHF PAL B
Televisions 3,570,000 [41st of 215]
Website defacements 2 [108th of 129]

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SOURCES: ; Amazon.com; Internet Movie Database 2003; International Telecommunication Union; ITU; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Tenlab May 2002; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Cong Hoa Xa Hoi Chu Nghia Viet Nam, Viet Nam, Vietnam SR, Việt Nam

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