越南是YouTube的十大海外市场之一。

It has become a major test area in Asia.

在亚洲，它已成为一个主要的测试区域。

YouTube announced the ranking at a Ho Minh City event celebrating the one-year anniversary of Vietnam's YouTube channel.

在胡志明市庆祝YouTube在越南盛行一周年庆典的节目中，YouTube宣布了该排名。

Three young Vietnamese girls use a laptop and smart phones to go online at a cafe in Ha Noi, Viet Nam Wednesday, May 14, 2013. Close to a third of Vietnam’s 90 million people are online.

Vietnamwas not close to the top 10 two years ago. Since then, young people thrilled by technology make YouTube popular in Vietnam. The website reports that 400 hours worth of video are uploaded per minute.

两年前，越南并不位居前十位。从那以后，年轻人对科技的兴奋使YouTube在越南开始流行。该网站报道每分钟会有总共时长400小时的视频上传。

Vietnam's YouTube channel has debuted with "120 percent year-on-year growth in terms of watch time," according to Phuong Anh Nguyen, a YouTube official.

越南YouTube频道已经报道“在观看时间方面，同比增长120％。根据一位YouTube官员Phuong Anh Nguyen所说。

Vietnamese are watching YouTube at a big rate. Females are watching British singer Adele's "Hello." Foreign situationcomedies, like Australia's "Thank God You're Here," get 3 to 4 million views per episode in Vietnam, according to the country's newspaper, Tuoi Tre.

根据该国报纸，青年报报道：“越南人浏览YouTube的次数快速增长。女性们正在观看英国歌手阿黛尔演唱的“你好”视频。国外情景喜剧，如澳大利亚的‘谢天谢地你来啦’，在越南，每集有300到400万的浏览量。

The southeast Asia country is also a YouTube test site. The company tries out services for emerging markets in Vietnam. An offline option of saving clips began in April. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

东南亚国家也是YouTube的一个测试网站。该公司为越南的新兴市场提供试用服务。于四月份将开始推行短片保存的离线选择。

How did Vietnam and YouTube become so friendly?

越南与YouTube怎么变得如此友好?

Inexpensive data plans is one reason. Vietnamese own smartphones rather than laptop computers. Vietnamese connect their smartphones to wireless Internet.

廉价的流量套餐是其中一个原因。越南人使用自己的智能手机而非笔记本电脑观看视频。他们将他们的智能手机连接无线进行上网。

They also expect WiFi everywhere. Vietnamese tend to save videos. Their country's videos are featured on the site. They favor YouTube over other video services like Vimeo, Hulu or Netflix.

他们还希望WiFi可以无处不在。越南倾向于将视频保存下来。他们国家的一些特色视频展示在该网站上。与其他视频服务相比，如Vimeo、Hulu 或者Netflix，人们更加青睐YouTube。

I'm Anne Ball.

我是Anne Ball。

Lien Hoang reported on this story for VOANews.com. Jim Dresbach adapted this story for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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Words in This Story

upload – v. to move or copy a file or program from a computer or device to a usually larger computer or computer network

comedy– n. a play, movie, television program or novel that is meant to make people laugh

laptop– n. a small computer that is designed to be easily carried

The country of Vietnam is among YouTube's top 10 foreign markets.

It has become a major test area in Asia.

YouTube announced the ranking at a Ho Minh City event celebrating the one-year anniversary of Vietnam's YouTube channel.

Vietnamwas not close to the top 10 two years ago. Since then, young people thrilled by technology make YouTube popular in Vietnam. The website reports that 400 hours worth of video are uploaded per minute.

Vietnam's YouTube channel has debuted with "120 percent year-on-year growth in terms of watch time," according to Phuong Anh Nguyen, a YouTube official.

Vietnamese are watching YouTube at a big rate. Females are watching British singer Adele's "Hello." Foreign situationcomedies, like Australia's "Thank God You're Here," get 3 to 4 million views per episode in Vietnam, according to the country's newspaper, Tuoi Tre.

The southeast Asia country is also a YouTube test site. The company tries out services for emerging markets in Vietnam. An offline option of saving clips began in April. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

How did Vietnam and YouTube become so friendly?

Inexpensive data plans is one reason. Vietnamese own smartphones rather than laptop computers. Vietnamese connect their smartphones to wireless Internet.

They also expect WiFi everywhere. Vietnamese tend to save videos. Their country's videos are featured on the site. They favor YouTube over other video services like Vimeo, Hulu or Netflix.

I'm Anne Ball.

Lien Hoang reported on this story for VOANews.com. Jim Dresbach adapted this story for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

_____________________________________________________________

Words in This Story

upload – v. to move or copy a file or program from a computer or device to a usually larger computer or computer network

comedy– n. a play, movie, television program or novel that is meant to make people laugh

laptop– n. a small computer that is designed to be easily carried