Network performance monitors Renesys noted a break in the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) cable between 15 and 16 September. Internet speeds in Vietnam plummeted as a result of the break, and Vietnamese industry insiders have pointed out that the cable breach occurred ‘somewhere between Hong Kong and Vietnam’. According to a spokesperson from the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications (VNPT) group, the incident caused a reduction of about 40% of capacity of international internet bandwidth from Vietnam to Hong Kong and the United States on all networks. Previously, in July this year, the AAG suffered several weeks of disruption after a cut 18km off the coast of Vung Tau, in southern Vietnam. On that occasion, the cable was reconnected, welded and reburied under the seabed by early August.