29 (1999)

Radios:
8.2 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
at least 7 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998)

Televisions:
3.57 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.vn

Internet hosts:
340 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
5 (2000)

Internet users:
3.5 million (2003)

Transportation Vietnam

Railways:
total: 2,600 km
standard gauge: 178 km 1.435-m gauge
dual gauge: 253 km three-rail track combining 1.435-m and 1.000-m
gauges (2003)
narrow gauge: 2,169 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:
total: 93,300 km
paved: 23,418 km
unpaved: 69,882 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft) (2004)

Pipelines:
condensate/gas 432 km; gas 210 km; oil 3 km; refined products 206
km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Cam Ranh, Da Nang, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Long, Quy Nhon,
Nha Trang, Vinh, Vung Tau

Merchant marine:
total: 194 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,170,621 GRT/1,798,376 DWT
registered in other countries: 11 (2004 est.)
by type: bulk 16, cargo 135, chemical tanker 1, container 8,
liquefied gas 4, petroleum tanker 25, refrigerated cargo 3, roll
on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: Cambodia 1, Germany 1, Japan 2, South Korea 1, United
Kingdom 3

Airports:
19 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 (2003 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2003 est.)

Military Vietnam

Military branches:
People's Army of Vietnam: Ground Forces, People's Navy Command
(including Naval Infantry), Air and Air Defense Force, Coast Guard

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation - 2 years (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 23,438,858 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 14,694,574 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 853,197 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$650 million (FY98)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.5% (FY98)

Transnational Issues Vietnam

Disputes - international:
demarcation of the land boundary with China continues, but maritime
boundary and joint fishing zone agreement remains uni