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Faulty undersea cable to slow internet speed in Vietnam

The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) undersea cable, which connects eight countries and territories in the region, is facing problems with its S1.7 section, about 910km from Southeast Asia.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The Asia Pacific Gateway(APG) undersea cable, which connects eight countries and territories in theregion, is facing problems with its S1.7 section, about 910km from SoutheastAsia.

The fault was detected at 9pm on April 15, the InternetService Provider (ISP) said on April 17, noting that there has been noinformation about the repair work from the operator so far.

Vietnam's undersea internet cables break around 10times a year on average, with each lasting for abouta month.

The APG cable, officially launched in December 2016,is capable of providing bandwidths of up to 54 Tbps (Terabit per second). Itruns 10,400 kilometers (6,460 miles) under the Pacific Ocean, linking Japanwith Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand,and Vietnam.

Vietnam is considered one of the countries with thehighest internet usage and development speed in the world.

As of January 2021, out of its population of over 96million people, the number of internet users reached approximately 69 million,according to a global consumer survey by German data portal Statista./.
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