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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 substantially
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)
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