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Vietnam
Communications
Communications
Vietnam
Telephone
Country code: 84.
Mobile Telephone
Roaming agreements exist with some international mobile phone companies. Coverage is available throughout large parts of the country.
Internet
Internet cafes are widely available throughout the country.
Post
Postal services can be slow. Airmail to Europe can take up to three weeks.
Post office hours: Daily 0700-2100.
Media
The media is controlled by the Communist Party. Newspapers straying beyond restrictive government reporting guidelines are shut down. Internet access is tightly controlled. Web content is subject to government approval and sites deemed unacceptable are blocked.
Press
• Daily and weekly newspapers in Vietnam include Lao Dong, Nhan Dan (The People) and Quan Doi Nhan Dan.
• The Vietnam Economic Times, Vietnam Investment Review, Saigon Times and Vietnam News are published in English.
• Le Courrier du Vietnam is published in French.
TV
• VTV is the national TV service.
• Regional stations also exist and some foreign cable channels are broadcast.
Radio
• Voice of Vietnam (VoV) is state operated.
• VoV 5 broadcasts programmes in English, French and Russian.
Telephone
Country code: 84.
Mobile Telephone
Roaming agreements exist with some international mobile phone companies. Coverage is available throughout large parts of the country.
Internet
Internet cafes are widely available throughout the country.
Post
Postal services can be slow. Airmail to Europe can take up to three weeks.
Post office hours: Daily 0700-2100.
Post office hours: Daily 0700-2100.
Media
The media is controlled by the Communist Party. Newspapers straying beyond restrictive government reporting guidelines are shut down. Internet access is tightly controlled. Web content is subject to government approval and sites deemed unacceptable are blocked.
Press
• Daily and weekly newspapers in Vietnam include Lao Dong, Nhan Dan (The People) and Quan Doi Nhan Dan.
• The Vietnam Economic Times, Vietnam Investment Review, Saigon Times and Vietnam News are published in English.
• Le Courrier du Vietnam is published in French.
• The Vietnam Economic Times, Vietnam Investment Review, Saigon Times and Vietnam News are published in English.
• Le Courrier du Vietnam is published in French.
TV
• VTV is the national TV service.
• Regional stations also exist and some foreign cable channels are broadcast.
• Regional stations also exist and some foreign cable channels are broadcast.
Radio
• Voice of Vietnam (VoV) is state operated.
• VoV 5 broadcasts programmes in English, French and Russian.
• VoV 5 broadcasts programmes in English, French and Russian.
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