VNCI Policy Paper # 3
Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative

COMPETITION REVIEW OF

THE VIETNAMESE TELECOM SECTOR

June 2005
This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was prepared by Nguyen Thanh Ha and Pham Quang Thanh of Vietbid Technology & Investment Consulting Center and Jacob Gullish of the VNCI with substantive technical input from John Davis of the USAID-funded STAR Vietnam Project.

COMPETITION REVIEW OF

THE VIETNAMESE TELECOM SECTOR

Disclaimer
The authors' views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report was prepared by Nguyen Thanh Ha and Pham Quang Thanh of Vietbid and Jacob Gullish of the VNCI, with substantive technical input from John Davis of the USAID-funded STAR project. Following the completion of the first draft of the report, the results were disseminated at a public workshop hosted by the Central Institute for Economic Management on 10 November 2004. Feedback from this workshop was then incorporated into the final report. VNCI would like to thank Huynh Thanh Tung of Saigon Postel, Nguyen Manh Bang of VP Telecom and the other managers of the surveyed firms for their responsiveness to our questions and inquiries. Other acknowledgements include Steve Parker (STAR project) and Fred Burke (Baker and McKenzie) for their input and advice, and Ngo Thi Minh of Vietbid for data processing.This report also benefited from the guidance and support provided by Dennis Zvinakis,Vietnam Country Manager of USAID. All the remaining errors and omissions, and of course interpretations and opinions expressed in this report, are the sole responsibility of VNCI. * * * The Vietnam Competitiveness Initiative (VNCI) is an economic growth