HANOI, May 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Vietnam has charted a new course for
cutting its telecom and postal charges to gradually conform to
regional services, according to a report of Vietnam's official
news agency VNA on Monday.
   Within this month, the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication
Corporation will offer new rates of mobile phone and Internet
charges, VNA quoted a senior official from the Corporation as
saying.
   "In July, its international telecom charges will be cut by
between 9 and 11 percent. However, it has not yet decided how much
mobile phone and Internet charges are reduced and whether or not
Internet charges are left floating," the official noted.
   "The country's international telecom and mobile phone charge
rates are about 1.5-2 times higher than those of other countries,"
the Vietnamese telecom official admitted.
   Under a Vietnamese government's plan, more business entities
will emerge in order to provide more services to people and
promote competition among domestic companies in the sector. 
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