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Communications
Highways: about 27,527 km total; 1,856 km bituminous or
bituminous treated; 7,451 km gravel, crushed stone, or improved
earth; 18,220 km unimproved earth and often impassable during
rainy season mid-May to mid-September.
Inland waterways: about 4,587 km, primarily Mekong and tributaries;
2,897 additional kilometers are sectionally navigable by
craft drawing less than 0.5 m.
Pipelines: 136 km, refined products.
Ports: none.
Airports: 64 total, 50 usable; 9 with permanent-surface
runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 2 with runways
2,440-3,659 m; 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: service to general public considered
poor; radio network provides generally erratic service to
government users; 7,390 telephones (1986); stations--10 AM,
no FM, 1 TV; 1 satellite earth station.