Vietnam targets full mobile broadband coverage on highways, industrial zones by 2025

Wednesday, Jul 17, 2024

By 2025, Việt Nam aims to achieve 100 per cent mobile broadband coverage on all national highways, expressways and railways under a plan to enhance the quality of the country''s mobile telecommunications network, approved by the Ministry of Information and Communications...

Viettel leads in MNP race

Friday, Jan 19, 2024

Viettel is the leading network operator in the mobile number portability race as of January 4 with more than 1.8 million additional subscribers.

Network operators compete to receive 4G and 5G bands

Saturday, May 20, 2023

A representative of the Viet Nam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) under the Ministry of Information and Communications has confirmed that the four carriers are Viettel, VNPT, MobiFone and Vietnamobile.

92,000 spam subscriptions blocked

Saturday, Jul 31, 2021

Vietnamese telecommunications businesses have prevented more than 92,000 subscription from spreading spam calls, and more than 35 million fake calls in the first six months.

Many provinces and cities ask for 5G coverage

Saturday, Jun 19, 2021

Many provinces have requested the Ministry of Information and Communications to direct corporations to urgently assess the using demand, feasibility, and investment efficiency to deploy 5G coverage in their provinces.

Mobile Money users may be charged: authority

Friday, Mar 19, 2021

Customers using Mobile Money, a freshly-approved pilot project, may be charged a certain fee.

Nearly 60 million subscribers only use voice and message services nationwide

Sunday, Mar 14, 2021

Nearly 60 million mobile phone subscribers in Viet Nam are using only voice and message services, reported the Viet Nam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Operators make more money from digitalisation

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021

With a sharp in revenue from traditional telecommunications services, carriers are rapidly transforming their digital strategy.

Procedures for mobile network switching urged to be simplified

Saturday, Dec 26, 2020

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam urged mobile network operators to further simplify procedures for mobile number portability (MNP) services to convenience for users to switch networks.

Providers urged to lower banking service SMS charges

Friday, Apr 24, 2020

The Viet Nam Telecommunications Authority has urged telecom companies to lower charges for banking services via SMS for local banks so they can cut fees and promote cashless payments.

VNTA asks network operators to ensure online services during pandemic

Wednesday, Mar 25, 2020

The Viet Nam Telecommunications Authority has asked network operators to ensure the quality of telecommunications services.

Telecoms firms turning to digital content

Saturday, Feb 22, 2020

With tightened management over pre-activated SIM cards, the number of mobile phone subscriptions was 125.8 million last year, a year-on-year decrease of 3.5 per cent.

Minister asks for pre-activated SIM solution

Saturday, Mar 09, 2019

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung directed the Viet Nam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) and network operators to stop the supply of pre-activated SIM cards.

Telecom operators ask for bandwidth bidding

Saturday, Jan 19, 2019

A recent report by the Viet Nam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) revealed that the bandwidth for 4G in Viet Nam is lower than in many other countries.

3G subscribers increase as prices remain low

Saturday, Dec 27, 2014

The country has recorded 27.5 million 3G subscribers this year, disclosed the Viet Nam Telecommunications Authority under the Ministry of Information and Communications.