More than 11 million 2G-only mobile subscribers will be turned off with the deadline being September 16.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet attended the 16th Ministerial Meeting of the Global Governance Group (3G) held on the sidelines of the high-level week of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 20 (local time).

Representatives of the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications and the Authority of Radio Frequency Management under the Ministry of Information and Communications joined a field trip to inspect communication security serving SEA Games 31 at My Dinh Stadium, according to the Organising Committee for SEA Games 31.

The production and import of phones using 2G and 3G technology will stop from the beginning of July, according to a new circular from the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

Over 20 years of development, the Internet in Vietnam has made impressive advances, permeating into every part of daily life and changing people’s habits.

The military-run mobile carrier Viettel is planning to expand its investments to Indonesia and Nigeria, two countries with large populations.

Vietnam’s telecom revenue in the first half of the year reached 93.5 trillion VND (4.11 billion USD), according to information released at the conference reviewing information and communications tasks

Myanmar’s Government has selected Vietnam’s military-run telecommunication group Viettel to take part in a joint venture with two local companies.

Vietnam hopes to see 3G and 4G networks covering 95 percent of residential homes by 2020, according to Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam.

The military-run Viettel Group launched its telecom services under the brand name Halotel in Tanzania on October 15.