The Ministry of Science and Technology has approved a programme to promote Vietnam’s transition to IPv6-only from 2026 to 2030, aiming to accelerate full adoption and reinforce the nation’s digital infrastructure.

Vietnam has moved up from fourth to third place in ASEAN in terms of mobile internet speed, according to the Speedtest Global Index.

A major Cloudflare outage has reignited concerns about the growing fragility of the internet and its dependence on a few key infrastructure providers.

The city has held the top spot since the start of this year. Its 5G performance is almost 1.5 times higher than runner-up Hai Phong (429.53 Mbps) and even the capital Hanoi (415.73 Mbps).

Vietnam is making remarkable strides in telecommunications infrastructure, including 5G, thanks to sound policy direction, strong investment from carriers, and a vibrant competitive landscape.

Former Deputy PM Nguyen Khanh said that Vietnam could have opened the Internet earlier, but it had to carefully prepare technical conditions, human resources, policy infrastructure, and, most importantly, the ideological groundwork.

Vietnam has climbed to the world's 10th place for fixed broadband internet speeds, its highest ranking since Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index began in 2017, the global internet speed testing company has reported.

For the first time, both fixed and mobile Internet in Vietnam are among the top 20 globally, with Viettel leading a surge in connectivity.

Amazon’s Project Kuiper eyes nationwide rollout with compact terminals, low-latency broadband, and government backing.

Starlink has set up its first ground station in Vietnam at FPT Fornix HCM02, enabling satellite internet services.

The future of the Internet lies in the industrial Internet, where production lines, industrial robots, and smart sensors are interconnected to optimise the entire manufacturing ecosystem, said a leader of the VN Internet Network Information Centre.

According to Ookla’s rankings, Viettel and VinaPhone are among the world’s top in mobile network speed. Vietnam’s mobile network operators have shut down 2G and 3G services and invested heavily in 5G.

Nationwide, fixed broadband speeds reached an all-time high, averaging 258.28 Mbps for downloads and 195.34 Mbps for uploads, a 2.6-fold increase from July 2024.

July’s i-SPEED data shows Viettel outpacing rivals in 5G speed, with VNPT and MobiFone trailing behind.

Viettel and VinaPhone reach global benchmarks after shutting down 2G and ramping up 5G investments

Nguyen Phong Nha, Deputy Director of the Department of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Science and Technology, confirmed that SpaceX has not yet submitted an application to provide Starlink services in Vietnam.

Vietnam Airlines has launched a trial of satellite-based onboard internet, offering messaging and browsing packages on A350s with full rollout planned by end-2025.

On August 4, 2025, VNPT officially launched and began operating the VSTN land cable line – the first of its kind to connect Vietnam directly to Singapore entirely via terrestrial infrastructure.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has approved a new auction plan for the rights to use two key radio frequency blocks: 703-713 MHz and 758-768 MHz (block B1-B1’), and 723-733 MHz and 778-788 MHz (block B3-B3’).