The Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC) yesterday cooperated with Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to hold the conference ‘Establishing an E-government and Performing Digital Transformation in Enterprises’, along with the official introduction of the ‘CMSC Data Exchange Platform’.
The Ministry of Information and Communications last year approved the 5G pilot schemes of the three largest domestic mobile network carriers, namely Viettel, VNPT and MobiFone in the four major cities of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh (HCMC), Da Nang, and Hai Phong. This decision was an effort to promote 5G technology development in Vietnam. This year, more piloting projects for 5G services will be carried out throughout the country.
The Police Department on Administrative Management of Social Order (under the Ministry of Public Security) on July 20 co-organized the launch of the project to develop the national database on citizens with joint-names contractor VNPT-HADIC-GTEL ICT.
Despite successful 5G pilots of major mobile network providers in Vietnam, this innovative technology has not been exploited to the fullest in the country yet. However, with the incident of Covid-19 come several opportunities to make better use of 5G in answering the demands of the community.
Inspectors of the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) have just issued their report about loose subscriber information management of the three telecommunications corporations of Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel), Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), and Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services One Member Limited Liability Company (MobiFone). These results are from a series of inspections conducted at the end of 2019 in the above corporations and their related units.
Just like other countries, Vietnam encourages its citizens to stay away from crowds as much as possible in this sensitive time of Covid-19 pandemic. That has resulted in the widespread of several online applications in various fields.
The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Information & Communications yesterday officially launched the mobile app NCOVI to observe the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam regarding health declaration for all Vietnamese citizens and people entering Vietnam.
Mobile Money refers to the use of a mobile account for payment in general. This method is gradually more feasible now that 90 percent of the population in Vietnam own a mobile phone.
The Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services One Member Limited Liability Company (Mobifone) yesterday formally welcomed its new general director, Mr. To Manh Cuong. Formerly, he was Deputy General Director of Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT).
The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards 2019 for best businesses has announced VNPT as the winner of both the Gold and Silver awards thanks to its VNPT Check and VNPT Smart Tourism apps.