Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Telephones - main lines in use: 775,000 (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 178,000 (1998) 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 7 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998) Televisions: 3.57 million (1997) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 5 (1999) Country code (Top level domain): VN See also : Vietnam This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.