VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Information and Communications on Wednesday appointed Mr. Le Nam Tra as MobiFone's general director.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has plans to look for approval from authorities to own 20% of mobile carrier MobiFone when the latter goes public.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Mai Van Binh, general director of Mobifone, one of the three largest mobile networks in Vietnam, has been appointed as the firm’s chair, replacing Mr. Le Ngoc Minh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information & Communications is expected to complete the equitization plan for Mobifone – one of the three largest mobile networks in Vietnam – and submit it to the Government in the fourth quarter.

The HCM City Securities Company has said that the current value of Mobifone may reach $3.4 billion and possibly more than $4 billion if its revenue and profits continue to rise after its split from VNPT.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Major mobile network operator Mobifone has split from the State-owned Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT), and is now under the management of the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s leading mobile service provider MobiFone has launched a pre-paid Happy Tourist package designed exclusively for foreign visitors to Vietnam, offering data, SMS and call services at an affordable price.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The local mobile market will become more competitive with the independent operation of MobiFone, which will shortly be detached from its current owner the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Government has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Information and Communications to separate service providers under the Viet Nam Post and Telecommunication Group in preparation for their equitisation.

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has passed Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT)’s proposal to split its largest member unit MobiFone from VNPT as part of the latest restructuring draft plan of the VNPT.

The Ministry of Information and Communication’s inspectors still have not decided how to treat the three biggest mobile phone operators, which have “rifled subscribers’ pocket” by forcing subscribers use their services without any notice in advance.

 VietNamNet Bridge – MobiFone has announced it will develop OTT apps itself, while the military telecom group Viettel reportedly considers buying South Korean Kakao Talk.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's oldest mobile network operator, MobiFone, will recall nearly 200,000 SIM cards that were issued and allocated to dealers, but were  not activated for the past two years.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The value of the MobiFone’s equitization deal would not be measured by the sum of money the buyers pay, but by its influences to the Vietnamese telecom market in the future.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese telecom market will improve vastly after its restructuring is complete, said Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son.

 In its latest restructuring draft plan, VNPT proposed splitting its largest member unit MobiFone from the parent company under the management of the Ministry of Information and Communication.

 VietNamNet Bridge – MobiFone, a subsidiary of Vietnam's largest telecom service provider Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group, has launched a pre-paid Happy Tourist package exclusively designed for foreign visitors to Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Inspectorate of the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) discovered mistakes in billing customers for prepaid SIMcards, fining selling locations nearly VND2 billion in 2013.