Two decades after equitization, FPT is now the largest private Vietnamese economic group, big technology exporter and partner with the world’s largest tech giants in the country.

Wholesale telecommunication services must be provided at fair, reasonable prices and under non-discriminatory conditions.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on July 11 announced the quality evaluation system for information systems handling administrative procedures at the ministry and provincial levels for 2024.

Vietnam's digital economy is forecast to grow elevenfold, reaching US$220 billion by 2030, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing a significant role in this expansion.

Vietnam is making significant strides in its national digital transformation journey, but two experts from Cisco have emphasized the critical importance of closing the skills gap.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has released a plan on improving Vietnam’s mobile network quality by 2025, which aims to deploy 5G commercialization.

By the end of May 2024, the number of Mobile Money users in Vietnam surpassed 8.8 million, marking a 3.3% increase from the previous month. Notably, nearly 280,000 points now accept Mobile Money as a payment method.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has introduced new regulations on recognizing foreign electronic signature certification service providers and foreign electronic signatures in Vietnam.

The primary goal of the plan is to improve the overall quality of Vietnam’s mobile telecommunications network, with a special focus on the commercialization of 5G services.

MobiFone has successfully secured the rights to use the C3 frequency band (3,800 - 3,900 MHz) following a successful re-auction.

IBM Vietnam Pham Thi Thu Diep says that Vietnam needs to set up an AI (artificial intelligence) legal and regulatory framework.

The Vietnam-Japan digital transformation association (VADX JAPAN) made its debut in Tokyo on July 7.

During his recent official visit to South Korea, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Samsung Chairman Lee Jae Yong. On this occasion, CMC Chairman Nguyen Trung Chinh put forth strategic proposals to collaborate with Samsung.

The adoption of online trials has saved the Vietnamese state budget more than 96 billion VND (US$4 million) in a very short period.

Vietnam will turn off 2G technology on land from September 16 so telecommunication service providers are being urged to take drastic measures to support their subscribers to switch to mobile phones with higher technology to ensure their interests.

The Ministry of Public Security has published a draft law on data to garner opinions from organisations and people.

Yandex, Russia's largest technology company, believes that apps developed by Vietnamese programmers can find a user base in Russian-speaking markets.

Telcos have been warned that they will not be granted 900MHz/1800MHz wavebands, which are now being used by mobile network operators and will terminate in September, if they still have 2G-only subscribers.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) is aiming for virtual assistants to transform the knowledge system and work methods of the state civil service, bringing intelligence to the entire Vietnamese public administration system.

As part of Vietnamese PM’s visit to South Korea, CMC Corporation has signed memorandums of understanding with KSP Steel and RSupport to enhance technology integration and drive digital transformation.