Vietnam's Better Choice Awards 2026 honored winners across 45 categories, recognizing homegrown artificial intelligence solutions, innovative products and companies building critical national capabilities.

Vietnam ranks sixth among the 10 countries with the fewest hurdles for digital nomad, according to the Digital Nomad Friction Index 2026 by Holafly eSIM.

Amazon Kuiper Vietnam has received permission to set up a nationwide private satellite network for testing customer terminals and assessing the quality of equipment made in Vietnam.

YouTube says it reaches 93% of Internet users in Vietnam each day, while more than half the watch time for content produced by Vietnamese channels now comes from overseas audiences.

Around 13 million mobile numbers in Vietnam have been suspended or reclaimed after users failed to complete mandatory identity verification, but telecom operators are offering ways for customers to recover them.

When Vietnam embraced GSM in the early 1990s, mobile phones cost around $1,000 and calls 30 cents a minute. More than three decades later, the country is finally switching off 2G.

Vietnam’s latest spectrum auction ended without the costly bidding battles of previous rounds, with Viettel, VNPT and Vietnamobile each securing 900MHz frequencies.

With 13,000 service points nationwide, Vietnam Post is expanding beyond mail and logistics into mobile services, beginning with a travel SIM for foreign visitors.

Starlink's entry into Vietnam, with fixed internet plans starting at around $43 a month, highlights a striking price and speed gap with traditional VSAT services and could eventually transform connectivity for vessels operating offshore.

Starlink has officially begun offering satellite internet services in Vietnam, with residential plans priced at around $44 a month for speeds of 100Mbps and $66 a month for speeds of more than 400Mbps.

Records from domestic mobile retail chains show that more than 60 percent of users have chosen Samsung's new foldable phone, the Z Fold 8, over the Z Fold 8 Ultra line.

Vietnam’s e-commerce sector is entering a new phase of development, with transaction security, consumer trust, long-term digital branding and the narrowing of regional digital gaps emerging as key conditions for sustainable growth.

Vietnam has deployed more than 40,000 5G base stations and expanded coverage to approximately 92% of its population by early 2026, a rollout that a senior telecommunications official described as being among the fastest in the world.

More than 80% of Vietnam's population used smartphones last year, reflecting the country's growing digital connectivity, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance.

New search trend data for the second quarter of 2026 shows Vietnamese users flocked to information on SIM verification, administrative regulations, AI tools, exams and the FIFA World Cup.

Starlink is laying the groundwork for its satellite internet service in Vietnam, with experts saying its greatest value will be in areas beyond the reach of conventional telecom networks.

The auctions will be conducted in a public and transparent manner through an online bidding platform. Each domain name will have a starting price of 10 million VND (380 USD).

More than five million Viettel mobile subscribers had their outgoing calling and messaging services suspended from midnight on June 15 after failing to complete mandatory subscriber verification procedures required under Circular 08.

Beginning June 15, 2026, mobile subscribers in Vietnam who switch to a new phone or insert their SIM card into another device must complete facial biometric verification within a maximum of two hours, according to new telecommunications regulations.