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Vietnam:
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Other pages in this profile of Vietnam:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 10.8 million (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 125.4 (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 33.2 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 385.5 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition 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; 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) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 67 (includes 61 relay, provincial, and city TV stations) (2006) |
Internet country code |
Definition .vn |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 106,772 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 1.2 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 17.87 million (2007) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 207.5 (2007) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 44 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 37 over 3,047 m: 9 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 914 to 1,523 m: 10 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 7 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 3 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate/gas 432 km; gas 510 km; oil 49 km; refined products 206 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 2,600 km standard gauge: 178 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge dual gauge: 253 km three-rail track combining 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 222,179 km paved: 42,167 km unpaved: 180,012 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft) (2005) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 359 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,154,881 GRT/3,324,373 DWT by type: barge carrier 1, bulk carrier 35, cargo 259, chemical tanker 9, container 12, liquefied gas 6, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 31, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1 foreign-owned: 1 (Hong Kong 1) registered in other countries: 56 (Honduras 1, Liberia 5, Mongolia 21, Panama 23, Tuvalu 5, unknown 1) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Da Nang, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City |
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