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» lana98 - My dear WendellS! Your comment about Vietnam and the Internet
I would like to post more information about Vietnam and the Internet.http://www.destinationvietnam.com/aboutv...
Internet poised to become major international link
Over 2,000 individuals share this line of thought and units already
registered to use the Internet services in Vietnam. Three months after
Vietnam officially networked with the global Internet (November 19
1997) and the first Internet service in Vietnam went into operation on
December 1st 1997, and now up to February 1998, the number of
persons registered to use the Internet has risen over 2,500.
The Vietnam Datacommunication Company (VDC) under the
General Department of Post and Telecommunications, one of the
four Internet Service Providers in the country, has topped the list
with 2,115 customers from 12 provinces and cities nation-wide
having registered to get hook on to the Internet through their local
post office systems. About 1,000 of these customers are in HCM
City and nearly 600 in Hanoi. Two other ISP's - Sai Gon Postal and
FPT (The Corporation for Financing and promoting Technology) are
still preparing their equipment to begin their service. Netnam of the
Information Technology Institute has over 300 customers. In
actuality, the number of users of Internet should be much greater
than the above figure, because a lot of agencies, departments and
institutes have registered only one account for many users.
Over 40 per cent of Internet users are foreign individuals and
international offices. About 30 per cent of the customers are
individual private customers or private companies with different
objectives. The most difficult thing for Vietnamese surfers is using
information and services on the net when most of it is in English.
The high charges compared to international rates are one more
problem. The subscriber's charge is 50,000 dong per month, the
charge for one-minute access to the net is 400 dong plus 65 dong as
a surcharge for one minute of using the telephone. A subscriber
would pay US$90 per month if they used the Internet for one hour a
day.
The agencies concerned do not yet have specific and standardized
stipulations for Domain names and Internet Protocol, and the
transmitting speed is still slow and unstable. In recent time ISP's
have operated to their maximum capacities in an effort to attract
customers. The VDC and other ISP's have three big service centers
in Hanoi, Danang, and Ho Chi Minh City at present, and have
expanded their services by establishing the Value Added Service
Center (VASC) with the function of building and managing the
Vietnam Network, constructing data banks, providing consumer
information and guiding the users of Internet.
VASC was successful in creating the first electronic exchange forum
between the users of Internet Vietnam and the world with the
establishment of the Cyber Club on the VNN1 Net, and the Football
Club on the VNN2 Net with the registration of 500 persons,
including a lot of the Vietnamese working and studying abroad.
Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of VASC, said that this is the first step
to integrate into the world and at the same time create a forum for
the development of informatics in Vietnam.
His competitor FPT is now actively developing its services through
the nation-wide "Tri Tue Vietnam" (Vietnam's Intelligence) net.
Many ISP managers have thought about the supply of tree services
such as Email or Virtual Gift in order to strengthen its attractiveness
to the customers. ISP services have now been expedited to build the
infrastructure for other operations such as an information bank to
provide data for users.
From Global Directions Incorporated. 116 Maiden Lane, San Francisco, California 94108, USA. email: gdisf@aol.com
I hope this will give you a little more information about the Internet situation in Vietnam.
Hope you like it
Cha`o O^ng :-)
:-)
-- posted by lana98
» lana98 - My dear WhirlWind !
A thousand apologies! The information about Vietnam and the Internet was intended for you :-)I am sure you would not mind sharing it with WendellS, would you?
Another thousand apologies to WendellS for finding himself in the position of l'adressé malgré lui Hoping he would also want to know about Vietnam and the Internet *grins
-- posted by lana98
» Wendell - My good Friend
Lana, just a note to let you know that my quotes are just a show of respect for Bob Brinker, anyway, that is my intention. Keep up the good work and will continue to visit you often."not even one day" "how sweet it is"
Wendell ps, I don't mind taking credit for all of whirlwinds hard work. :-D
-- posted by Wendell
» lana98 - Sometimes hard work is out of necessity!
I know it has to be because when I was still in college It was not unusual for me to study every night until 3 am and get up at about 7 a.m. but now I don't do that anymore There simply is no need for it! one gets to become complacent I think, when life gets a little easier :-)-- posted by lana98
» lana98 - Merry Christmas 1998 and Happy New Year 1999
I would like to wish all of you who visit my site a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Yearplease go and see the card I am sending you
http://members.tripod.com/aironald/
-- posted by lana98
» JenL_3 - Vietnam Flag
Hi Lana! - Just checking back to see what's been happening at your site, and looks like it has been very popular. Congratulations! Also it is good to see some familiar faces here from Kirk's Investing - Personal Finance site.I've been looking for something to share at your site. How about the flag of Vietnam......
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Thanks Dan for the link to the translator tool - very useful - especially at this site! :+). Your post above about translations was precious!
This is going to be a very interesting discussion site. Thank you Lana!....J.L.
-- posted by JenL_3
» lana98 - So many E-mails
Thank you so much for your E-mails regarding the information to travel to Vietnam I have copied here below the address of the VN Embassy for your information Hope this is helpful Embassy of Vietnam
1233 20th Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Tel.: (202) 861-0737
Fax: (202) 861-0917
E-mail: vietnamembassy@msn.com
-- posted by lana98
» kim_danner - connecting
I am trying to connect electronically with a nurse/nurse educator/educator in Viet Nam. Do you have any recommendations?I thank you for any help or leads you may offer.
-- posted by kim_danner
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