Best Internet Connection in Vietnam

I use VNPT, unlimited GB's , 150 k, with MYTV cable TV, 60k,  230k with tax. PM.
  It is quite fast, not sure of the speed, but I can usually download a 3 -4 mb song in about 10 seconds
As far as I know there is not 4G in VN as yet.
  English is available on the VNPT website, you might find speeds etc there.
  I had to pay a deposit when we connected. ( 3 yrs ago ), may have been for the MYTV set top box thingy, Pretty sure there was no contract.

Can you access this site and run a test?

http://www.speedtest.net

After you run it, you can share a link to your results.   For example, here is mine that I just ran:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3532759074

DanFromSF wrote:

Can you access this site and run a test?

http://www.speedtest.net

After you run it, you can share a link to your results.   For example, here is mine that I just ran:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3532759074

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3532817825 Don't know where my last post went, but did the test again an it was slower.

Yep, looks like you're getting typical DSL speeds there.  You probably get decent speed, unless you are sharing it with multiple people.

DanFromSF wrote:

Yep, looks like you're getting typical DSL speeds there.  You probably get decent speed, unless you are sharing it with multiple people.

Its 11pm here, they should all be in bed , ( like me ), in my little commune there wouldn't be a lot of people even with computers, but the cable has to come 15 kms  from the nearest town, to our PO , then a couple of kms to me,
  Catch you later.

I am not really sure, what package we have, however some Fiberglas cable. Have bee waiting quite a long time, before we got it as business was expanding.

In our other office, we just have a cheap 2 mbit line which is serving there there more than sufficient. Vietnam in comparison to other countries gives you the speed for which you pay.

Packages on offer tend to change and BEST, most people have only one, so THE ONE is the best

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3535422002

Mines is $300k/mth, 5 mbps while most Vietnamese here choose the $100k speed package. It's unlimited bandwidth. I share the internet connection with another house so really paying $150k/mth. If I can find some more houses to feed off my internet connection I will be paying less.

Wow Dan that is fast. Did you run that in Vietnam or did you run it from San Jose? It shows San Jose on your link.

I will book a flight tomorrow if Vietnam has 50 Mbps or higher. Thanks to everyone for sharing your speeds with me. Cam on moi nguoi vi chia se.

yroftherat wrote:

Wow Dan that is fast. Did you run that in Vietnam or did you run it from San Jose? It shows San Jose on your link.

I will book a flight tomorrow if Vietnam has 50 Mbps or higher. Thanks to everyone for sharing your speeds with me. Cam on moi nguoi vi chia se.

I ran that from California.  Good luck getting those speeds in Vietnam.

yroftherat wrote:

Hi guys,

Would you guys be able to let me know which ISP companies in Vietnam provide the fastest and most reliable connection at the moment? I've did some research on Google and it seems that many expat are reporting that the internet connection in Vietnam is not better than 4G connection. Is this still the case now? I work for a company that uses a VPN connection and in order for me to achieve my goal of working in Vietnam, I will need to ensure that there will be an ISP that meet my needs. I'm planning to live and work in the Saigon area.

How much should I expect to pay per month for the internet services in Vietnam?
Is there a contract involved?
What are the speed like?
Latency?
My primary work tools will be VOIP.

Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Hi Guy!
I am working at VNPT where provider of Internet access now.
If you use a VPN connection, you have to use more than 40Mbps transmission rate , have a static IP, you have to pay more than 1 million to 9 million a month depending on the package you choose, from 40Mbps to 85 Mbps
Please let me know the number of computers that you use , international transmission line or not, so I can give you detailed advice
Thank you

I've got FTTH (10Mbps down and 12Mbps up). Great for VOIP.

FPT Telecom to San Jose = ↓ 32 Mb/s ↑ 13 Mb/s ; http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3553706168

B******!,  more than 10 times faster than mine.

hi all,

can i ask? which ISP can cater a leased line going to other country? also can you give me the contact.

thanks.

DanFromSF wrote:

Can you access this site and run a test?

http://www.speedtest.net

After you run it, you can share a link to your results.   For example, here is mine that I just ran:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3532759074

Hey Dan, when I'm trying to watch my porn, oops , I mean watch my Disney programs on the net, I get a slow buffering , ( stop, start ), do you think the internet speed could be at the root, ( pardon the pun ) of my problem?

trick03 wrote:

hi all,

can i ask? which ISP can cater a leased line going to other country? also can you give me the contact.

thanks.

You just go to VNPT - your post office for this.

bluenz wrote:

DanFromSF wrote:

Can you access this site and run a test?

http://www.speedtest.net

After you run it, you can share a link to your results.   For example, here is mine that I just ran:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3532759074

Hey Dan, when I'm trying to watch my porn, oops , I mean watch my Disney programs on the net, I get a slow buffering , ( stop, start ), do you think the internet speed could be at the root, ( pardon the pun ) of my problem?

Yes, commonly an issue of speed, either related to computer configuration and/or network.
Speed issues  are often complex , a chain of bottle necks and therefore quite difficult resolve. Resolving a poor computer configuration is more likely to bring improvementson speed.

Can someone give me price and speed of internet please
I want to live in vietnam *~*

Here's my result with FPT SIP in Binh Thanh district:


I pay 300k / month
VOIP is working well sometimes, sometimes not...
And sometimes there's no electricity

bluenz wrote:

Hey Dan, when I'm trying to watch my porn, oops , I mean watch my Disney programs on the net, I get a slow buffering , ( stop, start ), do you think the internet speed could be at the root, ( pardon the pun ) of my problem?

LOL.  Sorry, Blue, I just now saw your post.  If you're using WiFi, I would try turning that off (for everybody) and plugging directly into the router/modem and see if it's any better.  If not, it's likely your connection to the 'net that's the problem.  If it does get better, then the problem could be WiFi-related and you've got some investigative work to do.  In my experience, it's usually either radio interference from a neighbor, or just too many people using the same connection.  You could also try changing your DNS settings, in case your ISP has dodgy DNS, but only if going hard-wired -- pun intended [wink] -- doesn't help.

Very nice result + it's not very expensive

Vietnamese InterNet speed is determined by the government controlled gateways (through VN ISPs).  They change the speed from time to time. VN also has it's own DN server to keep you away from morally questionable web sites - as determined by the VN government. Like Twitter.

VN >< VN website speed is high where as VN >< world is sloooow. These are not helped by the frequent marine cable failures or the 'breakdown' of the VN paid-for fibre optic cable through China (think Spratly/Paracel Islands).

Geographical service areas also possibly deny service to your address. There are even ISPs that aren't commonly known running fibre optic service such as Eastern Telecom. Remember feeds from cable TV are WANs - more connections cut the speed.

My company installed a InterNet satellite feed from HongKong and it puts even VN high-speed fibre optic feeds to shame.

Yeah it's the same in a lot of country in asia like thailand for exemple
If you have a 100mbps speed, you will only have 8mbps speed to internationnal server

I would have said FPT had best speed. Used the 300k package for years and download (torrent, and watch movies online) with no problem. But recently their undersea cables got cut a little bit too often: 3 times a year? and they occassional throttled my speed (expand their customers base too fast for their capacity) So I changed  service.
.Use VNPT now at the equivalent range. It's okay, I guess. I havent called their IT helpdesk to unthrottle my bandwith even once, but then the speed is okay, nothing like the FPT of yore.

Would I recommend VNPT? Probabbly.

To watching online movies serially on your several computers, it's best to go for the package with higher price than that. 500k-1m/month. the 300k is enough for watching one movie, the second would be quite slowed.

Oh, and change password your wifi connection. If the IT technician had opened that feature when installing the modem, and set the pw as some simple thing like 1234 it would just mean free service for leechers.

ParadiseCruiser wrote:

... Oh, and change password your wifi connection. If the IT technician had opened that feature when installing the modem, and set the pw as some simple thing like 1234 it would just mean free service for leechers.

Passwords can be cracked on the run. I have an App on my Android that searches for WiFi within range AND it decodes the passwords. You have to use Mac addresses to get exclusivity

If the VNPT installer arrives alone, you have a box swapper. If an installer has a white-shirted guy with them you have a genuine tech.

In the last house I built (and sold) in Q1 had a single underground Fibre Optic feed but you could get several different services out of it through knowing the programming.

When VNPT installed my current InterNet F.O. service in my condo office the white shirt activated InterNet and TV! There is also an outgoing telephone (dial tine) service without a discernible number - so no incoming calls.

It's now 2022. Can anyone update on the internet service in Vietnam? We are flexible to settle anywhere as long as speed is reasonably fast for work purposes.

Weenona wrote:

It's now 2022. Can anyone update on the internet service in Vietnam? We are flexible to settle anywhere as long as speed is reasonably fast for work purposes.

Have a read of this thread Look here

A member asked about speed the other day and there is a link to a survey of speeds in Vietnam

Weenona wrote:

It's now 2022. Can anyone update on the internet service in Vietnam? We are flexible to settle anywhere as long as speed is reasonably fast for work purposes.

I dont pretend to be an internet guru & quote all sorts of tests & speeds all I know is that the issue here is not the speed, its the fluctuation, reliability & continuity that's the problem & depending on how many sharks are eating the undersea cable.
Everyone that has lived here for some time will know what I mean & I personally can tell you that over the last 5 years when the sharks attack that cable the internet speed is chronic, at best takes about a month to fix & for the last few years they have attacked that cable at least twice a year.
I have FPT Super 150 connection (which is as good as they do they tell me) & during the peak of Covid when all the kids were online especially in the evening it would have driven a sane man nuts!!

goodolboy wrote:

Weenona wrote:

It's now 2022. Can anyone update on the internet service in Vietnam? We are flexible to settle anywhere as long as speed is reasonably fast for work purposes.

I dont pretend to be an internet guru & quote all sorts of tests & speeds all I know is that the issue here is not the speed, its the fluctuation, reliability & continuity that's the problem & depending on how many sharks are eating the undersea cable.
Everyone that has lived here for some time will know what I mean & I personally can tell you that over the last 5 years when the sharks attack that cable the internet speed is chronic, at best takes about a month to fix & for the last few years they have attacked that cable at least twice a year.
I have FPT Super 150 connection (which is as good as they do they tell me) & during the peak of Covid when all the kids were online especially in the evening it would have driven a sane man nuts!!

It is more than enough for work, live streaming, web development, gaming and all major internet purposes, outside of the couple of times a year when its the same as any other outages across the globe.