Vietnam Adds Digit to Landline Phone Numbers
The Ministry of Post and Telecom (MPT) will add one more digit to landline telephone numbers in Vietnam from September 1, 2007.
Accordingly, the current six-digit fixed phone numbers will follow an added number 3 in the beginning, to form a seven-digit string in densely populated provinces and cities, for example from xxxxxx to 3.xxxxxx.
MPT will allow fixed phone service providers to delay this, depending on their conditions but they must report the delay to the ministry by late April.
Adding one more number to the current fixed phone numbers is a measure to increase the volume of available phone numbers, an MPT official said.
Several service providers like FPT, VNPT and EVN Telecom have asked for more fixed phone numbers.
Hanoi, HCM City, Hai Phong, Dong Nai, and Nghe An already use seven-digit fixed phone numbers.
Vietnam is forecast to have more than 30 million telephone subscribers, including more than eight million landline telephone subscribers. (VnExpress)
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