Viet Nam's official state news agency VNA says that "Viet Nam will provide high-speed Internet access to Laos... A contract to this effect was signed on Thursday [15 July] between the Vietnam Data-communications Company (VDC) and the Lao Telecommunications Company... The VDC's international channel capacity will top 1,000 Mbps by the end of July and reach 1,425 Mbps by the fourth quarter of this year."