Three of Vietnam's five undersea internet cables are down

Three of the five international undersea internet cables operating in Vietnam have been affected by outages, according to a report by the Vietnam News Agency  (VNA), as of June 15, causing slower internet speeds across the country. 

The problems with the three cables, which connect Vietnam with the United States, Europe and Asia, have "significantly affected Vietnam's internet connection with the world. The Vietnam News Agency said internet users were finding it particularly hard to access services that have servers located abroad.

It has not been reported whether communications on these three undersea cables have been completely or partially cut off, and there is no timetable for when they will be restored.

Although Vietnam does have land internet cables, currently most of its internet is provided by undersea cables with a total capacity of around 62Tbps.

Undersea internet cable problems are not rare in Vietnam, which early last year saw all of its five cables disrupted for weeks.

- CyberBeat