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Broadband makes connections in rural Vietnam

By Raphael Minder

Published: February 6 2008 02:00 | Last updated: February 6 2008 02:00

Sitting next to an open hearth, Le Anh Phuong is updating her internet blog, which she has called "girl with a changing star", as well as downloading music from Super Junior, a Korean boy band.

The 14-year-old blogger spends about two hours a day on one of the 11 computers that have been installed with a Wi-Max internet connection in Ta Van, a remote mountain village in north-western Vietnam.

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