The submarine cable Asia–America Gateway (AAG) that provides international Internet connectivity for Vietnam was fixed successfully on January 23, 17 days after the cable was damaged.
The cable was found to be ruptured on January 5 at a site 117 km off the Vung Tau station, reducing Internet traffic by 40% and affecting all Vietnamese internet providers, including VNPT, Viettel, FPT and SPT.
Internet connectivity in Vietnam is provided by four marine cables but the 20,000km AAG has the largest capacity, at two terabytes per second.
The cable system, put into operation in November 2009, connects South-East Asia with the US mainland across the Pacific Ocean via Guam and Hawaii.
In 2014 and January 2015, it was out of order five times.
Submarine cable resumes normal operation
The submarine cable Asia–America Gateway (AAG) that provides international Internet connectivity for Vietnam was fixed successfully on January 23, 17 days after the cable was damaged.
Source: Nhan Dan
