The Yen Phong 1 Industrial Park in northern Bac Ninh province has become the first park in Vietnam to gain access to the 5G telecom network, with the new technology launched onsite by Viettel on January 14.

After telecoms carriers conducted commercial 5G trials in big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, many provinces have sent recommendations to the Ministry of Information and Communications to allow the carriers to deploy 5G in their urban areas, industrial zones and key areas.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has moved to adopt the National Strategy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution to 2030, with a target set for the digital economy to account for roughly 30% of Vietnamese GDP by the end of the period.

VOV.VN - A national forum aimed at fostering the development of local digital enterprises kicked off on December 23 in the capital as part of a one-year review since the implementation of the “Make in Vietnam” strategy.

VOV.VN - The number of 5G subscribers nationwide is expected to reach a figure of 6.3 million by 2025, with the deployment of 5G services anticipated to help Vietnamese mobile service providers increase their annual revenue by US$300 million, according to network equipment provider Cisco.

VOV.VN - VinSmart, a subsidiary of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, has initiated plans to sell locally produced 5G smartphones to the United States, according to Nguyen Thi Hong, CEO of VinSmart.

While the commercial 5G network is not yet operational in Vietnam, local tech firms are exporting their 5G technology to the world.

VOV.VN - An action plan for Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) economic co-operation for the 2021- 2022 period was approved at the 12th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam Economic Ministers’ Meeting held in Hanoi on August 24 through an online platform.

The military-run telecom group Viettel said it expects to put into operation more than 1,000 new-technology base transceiver stations (BTS) in inner Hanoi, which will improve the quality of internet services in the city.