Vietnamese students from overseas study online at a COVID-19 quarantine facility in HCMC, April 2020. (Photo: VnExpress)

The country ranked above South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, and China, according to a report released by British broadband, TV, and mobile comparison service provider Broadbandchoices.

The ranking measured 169 countries and territories, using 10 different factors like average Internet speeds, the cost and affordability of home broadband packages, cost of a gigabyte (GB) of mobile data, percentage of the population with access to the Internet, mobile Internet coverage, and the number of public WiFi hotspots.

Vietnam ranked ninth in terms of cheapest Internet but its average Internet speed was far behind several Asian economies like Thailand, South Korea and Japan.

Denmark was the world’s most connected nation, followed by Liechtenstein and the US while Burundi was the least connected.

Around 64 million Vietnamese, or over half the country's population, are online.