Telecommunication in Vietnam

Compared to the European Union, Vietnam has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +84, there were a total of 154.94 million connections in 2018. Among them were 140.64 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.5 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 70% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 14% 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 - 2018




Broadband internet in Vietnam 2002 - 2018




Landlines in the years 1990 - 2018




Mobile phones in Vietnam 1990 - 2018




Spreading in 2018 Vietnam
Total		 Vietnam
percent		 EU
Total		 EU
percent
Internet users 67.21 m 70.35 % 431.28 m 84.04 %
Broadband users 12.99 m 13.60 % 179.62 m 35.00 %
Landlines 14.30 m 14.96 % 197.06 m 38.40 %
Mobile cellulars 140.64 m 147.20 % 624.52 m 121.69 %