VietNamNet Bridge – Viettel Corporation retains its top position in the Vietnamese telecommunications market in 2013, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese mobile network operators have been living on the traditional services, while the big telecom groups in the world have shifted to data services.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mobile services providers are using various methods to retain their regular customers, as the local market is reaching a saturation point with 140 million mobile subscribers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 15th International Telecoms and Information Technology (Viet Nam Telecoms 2013) exhibition in HCM City is displaying the latest telecommunication technologies and services to local companies and customers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The network infrastructure remains the asset of SK Telecom, a partner in the joint venture, while SPT is still negotiating on the partner’s withdrawal from S-Fone project.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Only half an hour after opening sale, the yellow iPhone 5S in a Vinaphone shop in Hanoi were sold out. At the shops of Viettel, customers had to draw lots to buy iPhone 5S.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Automobile Transportation Association complained that the 3G service fee increases have neutralized the journey monitoring devices attached to vehicles. Viettel has denied this.

 VietNamNet Bridge – 3G service turns out to be a violent battlefield for telecom groups. The market has become choppy after the three biggest network operators announce the service fee hike.

 VietNamNet Bridge – While users are venting their anger at the 3G fee hikes by MobiFone, Viettel and VinaPhone, the three major mobile carriers are suspected of having committed anti-competitive practices.

 The Military Telecom Corporation (Viettel), one of the biggest mobile network operators in Vietnam, will remain a wholly State-owned enterprise, according to the Prime Minister's direction.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The number of IPv6 users in Viet Nam is limited by the lack of IPv6 supported devices, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The three biggest mobile network operators have affirmed that the 20-40 percent 3G service fee increase from October 16 is not big enough to make profit. Meanwhile, users, believing the service fee is too high, have threatened to boycott the service.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has rejected the military telecom group Viettel’s proposal to enjoy the tax incentives like those given to Samsung Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has said that Vietnamese telecom group Viettel is not entitled to receive the same tax preferentials as Samsung Electronics Viet Nam (SEV) of South Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi Telecom, operator of struggling Vietnamobile mobile network, said it needs more telecommunication bandwidth in a bid to expand its 3G (third generation) coverage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam will need to develop policies for state agencies to enable the nation's shift to cloud computing,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viettel and MobiFone, the two biggest mobile network operators, have pioneered in using their cloud computing to cut costs and shorten the time for service development.

VietNamNet Bridge – Recent statistics have shown Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) and Viettel are dominating the country's telecommunications sector.

 Local shopping website signs deal with Sumitomo; Viettel expands mobile market in Cameroon; HP unveils SME-tailored servers; Thai Nguyen steel mill starts work

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese military telecommunication group (Viettel) has chosen IBM Smarter Computing solutions to build its 3G infrastructures Cameroon.