VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has asked telecoms companies to co-operate with businesses providing over-the-top (OTT) services to allow free phone calls and messages for users.

VietNamNet Bridge – Not purposely looking for online games, a lot of users have been forced to see obscene game ad pieces when accessing to some websites.

A survey of the Ministry of Information and Communication has found out that the world IT service market is a real potential for Vietnamese firms to exploit. Meanwhile, the domestic IT service market is worth billions of dollars.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Information and Communications will inspect all telecom companies operating in the city to check their management of prepaid mobile phone subscribers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Online game firms now can sigh with relief as they can develop online games openly without any secretiveness.

Vietnamese agencies, enterprises and experts all have agreed that Vietnam should continue joining the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), saying that this is necessary in the context of the global deeper electronics industry integration.

VietNamNet Bridge – Relevant agencies still argue about which frequency band to use for LTE 4G which is expected to be launched in Vietnam after 2015.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has urged Viet Nam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT) to complete its restructuring plan by the end of June.

The initial success in the software industry gives an important reason to Vietnam to continue making heavy investment in developing software products.

VietNamNet Bridge – Now is not the right time for Vietnam to shift to 4G services while 3G technology has only been commercialized at home over the last three years, said the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

The green light has turned on for Viettel,a telecom group, to jump into the pay-TV market.

Commercial banks have been moving ahead with their plans to boost the mobile banking, since they need to renovate technologies to improve the service quality and expand their service coverage.

The Ministry of Information and Communication is discussing the way of propping up set top boxes (STB) to people in the implementation of the national program on TV digitalization. Meanwhile, VTC has delayed its STB production project.

The State has decided to form up a competitive broadcasting and transmission market, considering allowing more capable telecom groups to provide the services.

VietNamNet Bridge – The “deployment” of IPv6 in Vietnam has been going slowly because of the reluctance of enterprises, especially digital content firms.

Minister of Information and Communication  -- Nguyen Bac Son, has stated that the ministry would take actions to boost the exchange of e-documents among state agencies.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications has announced that mobile phone users will now be able to change network providers without swapping their mobile numbers from January 1, 2017.

Though mobile network operators still keep reluctant with the MNP process, MIC has decided that subscribers would be able to shift to other networks while keeping their phone numbers from January 1, 2017.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has jumped six notches to reach the top of the list of Government ministries effectively using information technology (IT).

The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) is considering collecting fees for additional Internet interconnection or setting up the charges for every connection.