Vietnam ranks second in ASEAN in IPv6 transition
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Internet
Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
adoption rate reached 44 percent, ranking second in ASEAN and 10th globally, according
to the Asia
Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC).
The Ministry
of Information and Communications’ Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC)
said in an effort to switch to IPv6, 44 out of 63 cities and provinces have
issued their own action plans.
IPv6 is
expected to meet Vietnam’s demand to offer new and quality services such as
Internet of Things, 4G-LTE and 5G networks, contributing to digital
transformation and digital government building.
In the
first half of this year, many localities such as Vinh Long, Binh Thuan, Hau
Giang, Thai Binh and Ha Tinh rolled out their plans to switch to IPv6 and
partnered with the VNNIC to hold training for information technology officers
in the field.
The VNNIC
also recently held a webinar on guidelines for IPv6 address planning for
departments of information and communications in the central and Central
Highlands regions.
In
Vietnam, 34 million mobile and 11 million Internet subscribers are using IPv6
services.
As
of the mid-June, over 20 percent of information and public service portals by
municipal and provincial authorities worked on IPv6 platform./.