Speaking of Vietnam as a Virtual Nation and the ability of the country to "leapfrog."

VN's Internet Usage and Population Statistics:

YEAR

Users

Population

% Pop.

Usage Source

2000

200,000

78,964,700

0.3 %

ITU

2005

10,711,000
83,944,402
12.8 %

2007

16,737,129

85,031,436

19.7 %

VNNIC - July/07

2007

17,546,488

85,031,436

20.6 %

VNNIC - Sept/07

Source: Internet World Stats TH's Internet Usage and Population Statistics:

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YEAR

Users

Population

% Pen.

GDP p.c.*

Usage Source

2000

2,300,000

61,528,000

3,7%

US$ N/A

ITU

2007

8,465,800

67,249,456

12.6%

US$ 2,750

ITU

</tbody></table><p>Source: Internet World Stats</p><p>There’s another statistics by NECTEC the number of Internet users in Thailand to be 13.15 million.</p><p>At any rate, these numbers tell us a thing or two about our “growth” in Internet users is behind that of our VN neighbour.</p><p> </p>