Telecommunication in Vietnam

Compared to the European Union, Vietnam is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +84, there were a total of 124.40 million connections in 2017. Among them were 120.02 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.3 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Vietnam is back. Around 50% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 12% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 189,553 webhosts, Vietnam is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that on average every inhabitant has more than one subscription.

Spread of internet connections in Vietnam 1990 - 2017

Broadband internet in Vietnam 2002 - 2017

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2017

Mobile phones in Vietnam 1990 - 2017

Spreading in 2017	Vietnam Total	Vietnam percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	46.89 m	49.57 %	413.04 m	80.64 %
Broadband users	11.27 m	11.91 %	175.69 m	34.30 %
Landlines	4.39 m	4.64 %	209.74 m	40.95 %
Mobile cellulars	120.02 m	126.87 %	628.26 m	122.66 %