Telecommunication in Vietnam

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 71.86 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Vietnam ranked 46th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 66.74 Mbit/second (24th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 5th place.
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Vietnam comes 53rd with a download speed of 33.86 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 17 Mbit was enough for 16th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in April 2022 from 181 countries.

The following diagrams show the development of the various 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 connection.

Access to the Internet in Vietnam from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Vietnam 2002 - 2020

Vietnam is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 70% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 17% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the Internet via mobile communications.