Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Threeinternational undersea cable lines that make up the majority of Internetconnection capacity from Vietnam to the world have encountered problems,resulting in sluggish Internet speed across the country, according to operators.
A network operator said that an error had beendetected on Intra Asia (IA) cable line and the problem is expected to besettled by the end of this month.
Theincident has added to Vietnam's recent internet woes. Two other underseacables, the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) and Asia America Gateway (AAG), alsoexperienced problemss and are being repaired. Themending for the AAG is expected to be completed by mid-March.
International connection inVietnam relies on multiple submarine cable systems, namely the APG, AAG, IA,SMW3, and Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1), according to the Vietnam InternetAssociation.
The APG cable, officially launched in December 2016, is capableof providing bandwidths of up to 54 Tbps (Terabit per second). It runs foraround 10,400 km, with connection points in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
The 6,800km IA cable, which transfers data between Vietnam and and Europe, North America and South America, began operations in November 2009.
With a length of 20,191 km, the AAG route connects SoutheastAsia with the US./.
