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Vietnam:
Closed Internet Café
Vietnamees authorities has confiscated the PC of the first cybercafe in Vietnam. The reason is said to be that there was negative remarks about Vietnam in e-mail sendt from the cafe by foreign customers.
Two weeks ago the authorities proclamed that they are establishing a new authority that are to control the use of internet in Vietnam.
The "Tam Tam Café" had 50 customers a day, mostly foreign backpackers, but also a few vietnamees using the computer for email as the www are not very common in use in Vietnam, the newsagency DPA reports.
However - if the café is allowed to go back in business again, you can be sure to find their address and e-mail at our asian page.
This is all information found on the net about the café and its manager:
The first Netcafe in Vietnam
Customers who came to Tam Tam at 87 Tran Quang Khai Street, District 1, HCMC, the first Netcafe in Vietnam, can enjoy
real Vietnamese coffee taste with a packet of instant Vinacafe beside a computer.
Vietnamese and foreign customers come here for different reasons. Some want to ask about computer service prices, other
wait to send E-mail because there is only one computer with that function here. Huynh Minh, a 26-year-old
Chinese-Vietnamese, who manages the cafe, said, "Our shop attracts more and more clients. We anticipate that we can earn
back our investment and make a profit after a year and a half of operation." Minh´s partner is Tom Rapp, an American
architect.
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 They invested US$40,000 to rent the house and equip their netcafe with air-conditioners, video cassette players,
karaoke, 586 system computers, software and CD-ROM. Customers can type reports or documents, send E-mail letters, fax,
listen to music or watch video films. So they certainly feel more relaxed.
They are still working on a small scale, but the two owners of Tam Tam have devised strategies to attract more customers.
Now Tam Tam owners are preparing to open a homepage on the Web. "As soon as Vietnam joins Internet, we´ll connect
immediately", Tom affirmed. At the end of this year, they will purchase six more computers for their shop. If the business is
successful, they will open more cafes similar to Tam Tam in HCMC as well as in other localities in Vietnam.
This information is from Hung Sons homepage a site with a lot of information about Vietnam - in english and german.
Former Eastblock is awakening
 Finally we can present a café in Latvia, the small country at the Baltic sea, a former soviet republic, but now a proud culture nation. Visit Bilteks internet café. A real nice café in Riga - the first cybercafe in the Baltic state.
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