Infrastructure — Vietnam
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Vietnam: 45
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Transportation
- Airports - total
45
- Airports with Paved Runways
38
- Heliports
1
- Railways
1,635 Miles 2,632 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
128,396 Miles 206,633 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
92,173 Miles 148,338 Kilometers
- Waterways
29,285 Miles 47,130 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Cam Ranh, Da Nang, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Long, Quy Nhon, Nha Trang, Vinh, Vung Tau
Communications
- Telephones
17,427,000
- Cell Phones
33,200,000
- Internet Users
17,870,000
- Internet Country Code
.vn
- Internet Hosts
129,318
- Broadcast Media
- government controls all broadcast media exercising oversight through the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC)
- government-controlled national TV provider, Vietnam Television (VTV), operates a network of 9 channels with several regional broadcasting centers
- programming is relayed nationwide via a network of provincial and municipal TV stations
- law limits access to satellite TV but many households are able to access foreign programming via home satellite equipment
- government-controlled Voice of Vietnam, the national radio broadcaster, broadcasts on 6 channels and is repeated on AM, FM, and shortwave stations throughout Vietnam
- Telephone System
- general assessment: Vietnam is putting considerable effort into moderni
- zation and expansion of its telecommunication system domestic: all provincial exchanges are digitalized and connected to Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City by fiber-optic cable or microwave radio relay networks; main lines have been increased, and
- the use of mobile telephones is growing rapidly international: country code - 84; a landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3, the C2C, and Thailand-Vietnam-Hong Kong submarine cable systems; the Asia-America Gateway submarine cable system, completed in 2009, provided new access links to Asia and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
85,600,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
535,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
3,850,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
61,020,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
10,200,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
890,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
9,300,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
699,400,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
259,900
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
188,000
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
400,000
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
4,400,000,000
