Internet connections slows in Vietnam as int’l undersea cable downThe Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) international undersea cable broke down at 23:50 on April 23, disrupting Internet connections from Vietnam to other countries, according to the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT). APG is the submarine cable with the largest traffic operating in the Asian region. — Photo CMC TelecomThe breakdown is blamed on problems in the cable’s branch to the Chongming/APG/China landing station near China. Initiated in 2009, the APG is a partnership between Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan), China Telecom (China), China Unicom (China), KT Corporation (RoK), NTT Communications (Japan), PLDT (the Philippines), Telekom Malaysia (Malaysia) and VNPT (Vietnam). The cable system was put into operation at the end of 2016, aiming to reduce Vietnam dependence on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG), which broke down several times last year.