Introduction
How is the communication system in Vietnam? Here, Broadcast media include government controls all broadcast media exercising oversight through the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC); government-controlled national TV provider, Vietnam Television (VTV), operates a network of several channels with regional broadcasting centers; programming is relayed nationwide via a network of provincial and municipal TV stations; law limits access to satellite TV but many households are able to access foreign programming via home satellite equipment; government-controlled Voice of Vietnam, the national radio broadcaster, broadcasts on several channels and is repeated on AM, FM, and shortwave stations throughout Vietnam (2018). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Vietnam
| Internet country code | .vn |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 16,699,249 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 17 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 71.78 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 74% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | Even with Covid-19 pandemic-related mobility restrictions in place, Vietnam’s economy has continued to outperform the rest of the region in 2020 and 2021; the telecom sector essentially spent most of this period in a holding pattern, focusing on maintaining service throughout the crisis while preparing for some major changes to come in the mobile market in 2022; both fixed-line telephony and mobile have experienced small drops in subscriber numbers since the start of the pandemic, but the similarities between the two markets end there; fixed-line teledensity continued its downwards trajectory towards virtual oblivion, with just 3% penetration (around 3 million subscribers) at the start of 2021; the mobile market has lost about the same number of subscribers since the end of 2019, but has been sitting on much higher penetration levels around 130% for many years; growth is expected to kick in again in 2022 following the anticipated launch of commercial 5G mobile services along with a range of government-led schemes to move consumers completely off 2G and 3G; one example is the planned redistribution of GSM/3G bandwidth to LTE; in addition to propelling Vietnam into having one of the most advanced mobile markets in the world, this should also spur on the mobile broadband segment; with a penetration level of just over 70%, mobile broadband has considerable room to grow; increasing economic prosperity coupled with the latest smartphone technology and networks should see mobile broadband underwriting the country’s telecommunications sector for at least the next few years; this report includes the regulator's market data to July 2021, telcos' financial and operating data updates to June 2021, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, assessment of the global impact of Covid-19 on the telecoms sector, and other recent market developments (2021) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line is 3 per 100 and mobile-cellular is 140 per 100 (2021) |
| International | Country code - 84; landing points for the SeaMeWe-3, APG, SJC2, AAE-1, AAG and the TGN-IA submarine cable system providing connectivity to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the US; telecom satellite earth stations - 2, (Vinasat 1 and Vinasat 2) (Indian Ocean region) (2023) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 2.391 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 2 (2022 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 137.412 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 140 (2022 est.) |
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