Vietnam has now become the world's fastest telecommunication industry, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
By August, Vietnam had 22 million telephone subscribers or 26.19 registered phones for every 100 people
The figure represented a 242-fold increase over the year 1986, heard the 4th national conference on IT and telecom recently held by the Ministry of Posts and Telecom in Thua Thien Hue province
According to the International ITU, the growth rate of fixed line telephones in Vietnam in the period from 2000 to 2005 was 44.1% annually, the world's highest rate, compared with Asian average growth of 11.9% and the world average of 5.3%
Vietnam's mobile phone growth rate in the 2000-2005 period increased 62.7% annually, a high rate in comparison with the Asian and global averages
The Ministry of Posts and Telecom said over 64% of telephone subscribers are mobile phone users
To date, Vietnam also has more than 3.77 million internet subscribers, reaching 4.49 subscribers per 100 people. The number of people with access to the Internet hovers at 13.8 million, accounting for 16.4% of the total population