DamagedBeing fixedReported, not confirmedFixed recentlyFault locationWorking cablePlanned cable

ReportedUpdated 25 Aug 2026SCS-2026-0008

SJC2 fault affecting Vietnam

VOV reports that SJC2 developed a fault on 25 August 2026, at about the same time as AAE-1, reducing Vietnam's international internet capacity. No repair date has been given. Vietnamese providers are rerouting traffic over other cables and land routes.

Reported, not yet confirmed

ETR

No ETR published

Several independent signals point to a likely incident. No authoritative confirmation yet. This listing may be withdrawn.

Key facts

Cable: Southeast Asia-Japan Cable 2 (SJC2)
Reported for: …
Fault reported: 25 Aug 2026
Where: Not published
Cause: Not established

Updates

25 Aug 2026Opened · Suspected
SJC2 fault affecting Vietnam
VOV1

Conditions and signals · No outage signals

Internet outage signals in the last 24 hours (IODA): none in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand.

Shown for context. An earthquake or storm nearby is only given as the cause when a source says so, and outage signals show connectivity dropped somewhere in a country, not which cable.

Sources for this incident1 source · 1 reliable media · why we believe the above

VOV — Four undersea cables hit faults, Vietnam's international internet slows locally1
Reliable media
Supports: status, impact
“According to international cable operators, the SJC2 and AAE-1 submarine cables encountered faults almost simultaneously on August 25, 2026.”

Get email alerts about this cable

Compiled from the linked sources. Last reviewed 6 Oct 2026. How corrections work

Map