1. Despite a per person income of just $220 a year, all of the 300,000 lines Vietnam plans to add annually will be optical fiber with digital switching, rather than cheaper systems that send electrons over copper wires.
    尽管越南人均年收入只有220美元，它计划每年增加的30万条线路将全部为有数字转换的光纤电缆，而不是那些以铜线传送电子信号的廉价系统。

2. Vietnam is making one of the boldest leaps.
    越南正在做出一个最大胆的跳跃。

3. Modern communications "will give countries like China and Vietnam a huge advantage over countries stuck with old technology".
    现代通信技术将使像中国、越南那样的国家与那些困于旧技术的国家相比拥有巨大的优势。

4. Many experts think Vietnam is going too far by requiring that all mobile phones be expensive digital models, when it is desperate for any phones, period.
    许多专家认为，越南在目前急需电话的情况下，却要求所有的移动电话都必须是昂贵的数字型电话的做法就是太超前了。