Recognizing the opinions of Binh Dinh voters who wish the Ministry of Information and Communications to soon complete the coverage of the mobile telecommunications system in information ‘hollow areas’, the Ministry of Information and Communications said that it is implementing a program to provide public telecommunications services. until 2025. According to the program, the target is that 100% of villages, hamlets, hamlets, hamlets, villages, and islands with households living (collectively referred to as villages) will have electricity in remote areas. Remote areas, border areas, islands, and communes with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions will be provided with terrestrial mobile telecommunications services.
In information shared on February 23 at the Conference announcing ‘Infrastructure Planning for Information and Communication for the period 2021 – 2030, vision to 2050’, representatives of the Institute for Information and Communications Strategy pointed out some of Vietnam’s achievements in development of telecommunications infrastructure in recent times.
Specifically, despite being a developing country with a low average income, Vietnam has higher 4G coverage than high-income developed countries, with Vietnam’s coverage being 99.8% and the rate of high-income countries is 99.4%; has a smartphone usage rate of over 84%; Fiber optic cable coverage to each household is nearly 80% compared to the world average of about 60%; and data costs in Vietnam are maintained at a low level, only half the world average… Thanks to that, all people have the opportunity to use the Internet and access digital space.
The new phase of ICT infrastructure planning focuses on developing digital infrastructure, including telecommunications infrastructure, data centers and cloud computing. (Illustration photo: Cao Hung)
With the orientation of developing information and communication infrastructure into a new generation infrastructure, opening up new development space for the country and creating favorable conditions for the development of digital government, digital economy, digital society, and planning of information and communication infrastructure in the next phase. The new phase has set high goals for all five areas, including digital infrastructure and telecommunications infrastructure.
Specifically, by 2025, the fixed broadband network will meet national standards (QCVN) on service quality with the goal of universalizing it to all villages and hamlets, ensuring 100% of households can afford it. Access to fiber optic cable when needed; 90% of users can access fixed Internet, average speed of 200 Mb/s; 90% of socio-economic organizations such as enterprises, production and business establishments, schools, hospitals, and offices in urban areas can access the Internet with an average speed of 1 Gb/s.
Along with that, the mobile broadband network also meets QCVN in terms of service quality, with a target average download speed of at least 40 Mb/s for 4G networks and 100 Mb/s for 5G networks; 100% of adults have smartphones.
According to the plan of the Ministry of Information and Communications, it is expected that by mid-April 2024, the Ministry of Information and Communications will have instructions for localities on implementing the new phase of Information and Communications Infrastructure Planning.