Another 50,000 ICT firms needed to boost Vietnam digitization

Vietnam will block payments Google makes for YouTube content that violates its laws as it seeks to force the company to follow local regulations.

The Ministry of Transport has suggested it could treat ride-hailing services like taxi companies until there is a law in place to regulate them.

Vietnam’s top telecom firm Viettel has set up a high-tech subsidiary to carry out the government’s mandate to make products locally.

Ride-hailing services should be managed differently from traditional transport firms if the digital economy is to be promoted, information minister says.

Foreign firms like Facebook and Google dominate the digital ad market in Vietnam but pay no taxes, a minister says.

The three main categories of tech firms all need to innovate if the sector has to develop, Minister of Information and Communications says.

Vietnam has one of the best human resources in this world to become a cybersecurity powerhouse, says information minister.

Vietnamese telecom firms are seeking a head start in the 5G race as the country becomes an early adopter of the technology.

Nguyen Manh Hung, former CEO of military-run telecom giant Viettel, was officially appointed Minister of Information and Communications Wednesday.

Vietnam’s Acting Information and Communications Minister Nguyen Manh Hung envisions a Flat ASEAN mobile network with no roaming charges.

Nguyen Manh Hung, acting Minister of Information and Communication, is a long-standing army man.

The CEO of military-run telecom giant Viettel was appointed to lead the Ministry of Information and Communication starting on Wednesday.

The Politburo has appointed the CEO of military-run telecom giant Viettel as the new Party head of the Ministry of Information and Communication.