The first communal cultural post office of Yen Bai Province, Hung Thinh, has been hooked up to Internet and fax services.

Among more than 6,000 cultural post offices (rural post offices providing not only postal and telecommunications services, but also act as libraries), 30-40 have been connected to the Internet. According to plan, about 500 post offices of this kind will be linked to the Internet by the year's end.

The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) started developing such post offices in 1998 aiming to help residents in rural and mountainous areas access postal and telecommunications services, as well as up to the minute information.