A seminar discussing the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G technology in digital transformation, green transition, and digital economic development took place in Hanoi on May 29, as part of the Vietnam - Asia DX Summit 2024.

The military-run telecom service provider Viettel and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) have recently won Vietnam's first successful auctions for 5G spectrum licenses.

Vietnamese Viettel has introduced a 5G chipset designed and made by Viettel engineers that can conduct 1 trillion calculation operations per second, satisfying the general standards for 5G.

5G mobile connections will constitute nearly 99 percent of total mobile connections in Vietnam by 2030, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The vice president and general manager of Ciena's international business, Jamie Jefferies, has made many recommendations for Vietnam in 5G development.

Large telecom carriers, including Viettel, VNPT and MobiFone, have set ambitious development goals for 2024.

After 4 years piloting the 5G technology in 55 provinces and cities, major mobile network carriers are able to evaluate the potential and build corresponding business strategies.

As of December 2023, Vietnam counts around 15 million 2G mobile users, making up around 13 per cent of the total subscriptions.

The MIC will continue with the telecommunications bidding to aid the 5G rollout.

The starting price for the auction of the 2500-2600M Hz wavebands used for 4G and 5G has been fixed. Telcos have to pay a deposit of VND200 billion to attend the auction.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has approved the auction plan for the use right of the 2500-2600 MHz radio frequency bands for land mobile communication systems for 15 years of use.

Investment in research and development and a shift to 5G are needed to develop AI in Vietnam, according to Pablo Fuentes Nettel, a senior consultant from Oxford Insights.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) is going to auction frequencies for 5G in November, and the first licenses to deploy 5G are expected to be granted by the year end.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has signed a decision on defining the fees for wavebands to kick off an auction for the right to use frequencies for 4G and 5G.

The Authority of Radio Frequency Management (ARFM) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) is completing procedures for auctioning of the 700 MHz frequency for 4G and 5G.

The Military Industry-Telecoms Group (Viettel) said it will broadcast 5G services on a large scale in the third quarter of this year.

The time for telecom carriers to submit dossiers to register to attend auctions for 4G and 5G wavebands has expired.

The Ministry of Information and Communications yesterday informed that after 3 auction sessions, no mobile network operators took part in the auction for 4G and 5G frequencies.

Four mobile network operators in Vietnam, namely Viettel, VNPT, MobiFone and Vietnamobile, will join the auction for three licenses to provide 4G and 5G mobile services.