A conference to review the first phase of the programme on the transition to Internet Protocol version 6 for state agencies (IPv6 for Gov) and discuss the implementation of the second phase of the plan was held at the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) in Hanoi on March 28.
Vietnam’s fixed broadband Internet speed in February jumped up six notches to 39th position worldwide compared to January, according to the rankings compiled by the Speedtest Global Index.
February's Speedtest Global Index (SGI) showed that Vietnam jumped up six places to 39th in fixed broadband speeds, despite recent disruptions to all five of its submarine internet cables suffering outages.
With 87% of Vietnamese children aged 12-17 years old access the internet every day, they are facing a myriad of risks in cyberspace, according to Tran Dang Khoa, deputy head of the Information Security Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications.
The People's Committee of Dau Tieng district in the southern province of Binh Duong plans to establish a pilot project that uses cashless payments at traditional markets, grocery stores and other businesses.
The SMW3 cable, the last fully functional Internet cable of Vietnam, has encountered a problem on its S2.7 segment that connects with Singapore, an Internet service provider in the country said on February 21.
Local internet users spent less time on the internet and social media and made less purchases online as life returns to normal after the pandemic, according to the "Digital 2023: Thailand" study.
Vietnam’s international Internet connections have been improved step by step after technical measures are taken and more data flows on land-based cables are opened up, according to the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority under the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Domestic internet service providers sai don February 7 that the Network Operation Center (NOC) Services announced the repairs scheduled for three broken undersea cables that have resulted in slowed connections in Vietnam in the last few weeks.
Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung emphasised the importance of a safe internet in the development process in Vietnam on the occasion of World Safer Internet Day 2023 (February 7).
Vietnam needs at least two to three more undersea cable routes in the next five years to meet growing demand, said General Secretary of the Vietnam Internet Association (VIA) Vu The Binh.
Vietnamese internet service providers have confirmed that four out of five submarine internet cables that connect the country to the world are experiencing issues, seriously affecting performance and reliability.
Metfone, the Cambodian affiliate of Vietnam’s telecoms group Viettel, has been accredited as the best internet service provider in Cambodia in 2022 by the UK-based magazine Global Business Outlook (GBO).
Three international undersea cables out of the primary five connecting Vietnam to the world are suffering issues, which could seriously impact connection speed and reliability.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented 10 second-class and 7 third-class Labour Orders to winners of International Olympiads and science-technology competitions in 2022 at a meeting in Hanoi on December 26.
Since the introduction of the internet 25 years ago, Vietnam has become a telecoms powerhouse and stayed abreast of other countries in the region and the world.
According to Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Duc Long, the internet is an essential piece of infrastructure to carry out national digital transformation.
Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Duc Long has highlighted the internet as a crucial part of infrastructure and the backbone of digital transformation.
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