Vinaphone to slash rates for international roaming
Vinaphone, announced on June 18 that it will reduce rates for its international roaming services in Australia, Canada and the United States, while making telephone calls back to Vietnam.
The third-largest mobile network operator's rate will decrease from 55.46% to 11% for international roaming services.
The international roaming charges for other services were also reduced.
Roaming rate for telephone calls within the same network will be charged VND17,000 (US$0. 80) per minute, a decline of 46.8% compared with the previous rate. Users receiving telephone calls will be charged VND13,000 (US$0.60) per minute, a decrease of 13.33%.
The rate for sending SMS will be VND8,000 (US$0.38) for each, a reduction of 11.11%.
Service charges for international roaming in the three countries will decrease by 25% to VND3,000 (0.14) for 10Kb.
The fee for message receipt will remain free. The new rates will be applicable for all subscribers of the network.
This is the second time Vinaphone has lowered its roaming rates within a year.