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

The Ministry of Information and Communications has set a target of increasing the usage of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) to 65-80% by the end of this year, bringing Vietnam into the top 8 for IPv6 usage in the world.

Mobile phone subscribers with personal information that does not match the national population database will be blocked from March 31.

Vietnamese mobile network operators Viettel, VNPT, MobiFone, Vietnammobile, Local, Reddi, Itel, and GMobile will make a concerted effort to stop spam calls under an agreement signed in Hanoi on August 29.

Vietnam’s Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) adoption rate reached 45 percent, ranking second in ASEAN and eighth globally, up two places from 2020, according to the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC).

Five major mobile service providers - Viettel, VinaPhone, MobiFone, Vietnamobile, and the virtual network I-Telecom blocked more than 89,600 mobile subscribers spreading spam calls in the six last months of 2020, according to the Department of Telecom under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Telecom providers Viettel and Mobifone have received licences from the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) to commercially test fifth-generation (5G) broadcast in Hanoi and HCM City.

The State Bank of Vietnam is completing a mobile money pilot project and will submit it to the Government for approval this month, Governor Le Minh Hung has said.

Vietnamese mobile subscribers have a better experience in network quality and speed than users in many Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, according to a report by Tutela, a global crowdsourced mobile data company.

The application of digital technologies in providing banking services has proven effective, not only bringing better experience to urban customers but also helping banks introduce their services to low-income households.

Vietnam is emerging as a country with great potential to develop digital economy, as it has more than 58 million internet users out of its 90 million people and the over 125 million mobile subscribers.

The online shopping spree on December 4 at the website onlinefriday.vn with more than 63,500 products on sales has drawn the great interest of consumers.

HCM City has asked the Ministry of Information and Communications to issue regulations governing pre-paid mobile subscribers as strictly as post-paid subscribers.