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Hanoi (VNA) – The Asia America Gateway (AAG) underseacable suffered from a breakdown, cutting off all international connectionsthrough the AAG-SH1 branch of the line, an internet service provider in Vietnamconfirmed on June 16 afternoon.
Earlier, a number of internet users in Vietnam complainedabout lost of access to Gmail and Facebook.
The cause of the breakdown has not been clarified, but it isbelieved to be a power leakage or cable breakage.
This is the third breakdown of the cable line this year. Theprevious two ruptures were on January 6 and May 22. Repair of the May 22breakdown was just completed on June 2.
The AAG has a total length of20,000 km, connecting Southeast Asia with the United States. It was put intooperation in November 2009. The route’s connecting point with Vietnam is partof the S1 section, extending 314 kilometres and coming on land in Ba Ria-VungTau province.-VNA