The Asia-America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable was cut at 6.36pm on July 15, according to its management centre.
A
representative from the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group
(VNPT) said that the breakdown had reduced Internet connectivity of
telecom providers between Vietnam, Hong Kong and the US by approximately
40 percent. At the moment, AAG’s cable repair team is trying to resolve
the breakdown.
According to FPT Telecom, the cable was found cut 18km off the coast of Vung Tau southern city, at a depth of 19m.
Nguyen
Van Khoa, General Director of FPT Telecom, told Infonet online
newspaper that the firm had a back-up plan but the Internet connection
was a bit slower than it was before.
Ngo Trong Hieu, Deputy
General Director of CMC Telecom, said that services provided by the
company had not been affected much and CMC Telecom still ensured the
connectivity for its customers.
VNPT’s Vietnam
Datacommunications Company Deputy Director Nguyen Hong Hai said that the
time that it would take for repairing the cable had not yet been
determined.
The 20,000-kilometre cable, which connects the
Southeast Asian region to the US, has earlier been repaired from
February 25 to March 3 this year.-VNA