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Vietnam’s telecom firm Viettel announced it is the 6th company in the world to manufacture 5G devices.

As part of plans to catch up with developed economies, Vietnam is looking to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR), with 5G service one of the key steps.

A series of regulations governing 5G technology adoption and related frameworks are expected to be launched by March next year, says the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to cooperation with the Republic of Korea (RoK), and stands ready to serve as a bridge to further promote ASEAN – RoK and Mekong – RoK cooperation frameworks.

Bitel, a subsidiary of the Viettel Military Industry and Telecomes Group in Peru, reported that its total revenue reached 274.2 million USD and profit before tax of 24.5 million USD in the first nine months of this year.

Experts from the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and leading IT and telecoms firms shared experience and discussed possibility of cooperation in manufacturing 5G chipsets and network infrastructure devices, during a seminar in Hanoi on October 30.

ASEAN ministers of telecommunications and information technology have affirmed the resolve to press on with initiatives and cooperation programmes to promote digital transformation in the region at their meeting in Vientiane, Laos.

An international conference on advanced technologies for communications (ATC 2019) was opened in Hanoi on October 17, providing a platform for Vietnamese and foreign scientists to share information on relevant fields.

Strong actions have been applied from central to grassroots level to speed up the application the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR) technologies.

The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) has once again topped the list of 50 most valuable brands of Vietnam released on September 24 by Brand Finance – a UK-based brand evaluation company.

The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) announced on September 21 that it has started providing 5G service and put into operation the infrastructure of Internet of Things (IoT) in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam is joining more than 100 other countries and territories at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2019, taking place in Budapest from September 9-12.

Indonesia-based telecom company Indosat Ooredoo plans to invest about 140 million USD to expand its nationwide 4G network coverage from 81 percent to 90 percent of the country’s 264 million population by the end of the year.

Viettel Group posted consolidated profit of 21.3 trillion VND (915 million USD) in the first half of the year, representing a 10.2 percent year-on-year increase and surpassing 24.7 percent of set targets.

Most of Thai smartphone users expects 5G technology will become popular in the couple of years, and half of them will change service providers within six months if their current mobile operator does not provide 5G, new ConsumerLab study 5G Consumer Potential by Ericsson revealed.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has granted licences to telecom providers Viettel, Vinaphone and Mobifone to test 5G services, MIC Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Hung said on July 5.

The Military Industry-Telecoms Group Viettel and MobiFone will provide a pilot 5G network in Ho Chi Minh at 10 locations near Viettel's building in District 10, and at 12 locations of MobiFone in District 1 and 7.

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Cuong met with overseas Vietnamese students, intellectuals and businesspeople in the UK on June 16-17 as part of his working trip to the European country.

Telecom giant Viettel and Sweden’s Ericsson Group successfully conducted the first call using fifth generation (5G) technology in Vietnam on May 10.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged firms to promptly grasp opportunities brought about by modern technology and markets in his address to the plenary session of the Vietnam Private Sector Economic Forum 2019.