The Vietnamese Telecom Sector

By International Development Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000661852
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Vietnamese Telecom Sector
Author:	International Development Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	United Nations., United Nations. Centre for Economic and Social Information, AID project impact evaluation report
Collections:	Government Library Collection, United Nations Library International Aid and Funding Collection
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Publisher:	United Nations Library International Aid and Funding


Citation APA MLA Chicago Development Agency, B. I. (n.d.). The Vietnamese Telecom Sector. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

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Excerpt: Few eras in human history have experienced such rapid change in the way societies communicate and interact as the present time. Driven by dramatic improvements in computing power and broadband access to the Internet, recent advances in computers and telec ...

Table of Contents
CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Ministries responsible for Vietnam?s Telecommunications Policy . . . . . . . .9 Ministry of Posts and Telematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Telecommunications development strategy and policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Telecommunications law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Ordinance on Post and Telecommunications 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Decree 160 Provisions Regarding Competition: Decree on Telecommunications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Telecommunications regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Setting tariffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Interconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 International commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 MARKET STRUCTURE AND OWNERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Facility-based operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Competition status in the mobile service market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Service based operators: Internet Service Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Private and foreign investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Rationale for BCCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Evaluating BCC performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Regional comparisons of foreign investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 THE DOMINANT ROLE OF VNPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Anti-Competitive Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Competition Law Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 The argument for privatizing VNPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 RESULTS OF THE SURVEY OF TELECOM SERVICE USERS . . . . . . . . . . . .37 The sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Utilization of telecom services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Telecom costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Service quality assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Impact assessment of improved services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Conclusions of the survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 THE WAY FORWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Vietnamese telecom stakeholder conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45