Vietnam is one of the fastest growing telecommunications markets in the region and the world in recent years. According to the General Statistics Office, at the end of 2005, Vietnam had only 15.8 million telephone subscribers, including 8.7 million mobile phone subscribers and 7.1 million landline phone subscribers and 210,000 telephone subscribers. cover the Internet. But only 5 years later, the whole country had 125.9 million phone subscribers, nearly 8 times more. In which, there are 111.5 million mobile phone subscribers, 12.8 times higher and 14.4 million landline phone subscribers, 2 times higher. The number of Internet subscribers increased rapidly during this period with 3.7 million fixed broadband Internet subscribers, 17 times higher than 2005. But after that, the number of phone subscribers decreased gradually, the biggest decrease was fixed phones. In the period 2012 – 2015, the number of telephone subscribers achieved an average growth of 0.5%/year, of which the number of mobile phone subscribers increased by 2.1%/year and fixed subscribers decreased by 17.7%/year. year. In contrast, the number of fixed broadband Internet subscribers is still growing quite high, an average of nearly 16% per year, reaching 7.7 million subscribers in 2015. However, in recent years, the telecommunications market is facing saturation of traditional telecommunications services. The number of landline phone subscribers tends to decrease sharply. By the end of 2020, there were only 3.2 million subscribers, down 41% compared to the same period in 2015 and down 78% compared to the same period in 2010. The operation of the fixed telephone service segment is currently only in moderation, mainly serving agencies, government organizations and businesses. For mobile phone subscribers, by the end of 2020, the whole country has 123.6 million subscribers, which is only close to the number of subscribers in 2015. In addition to the recent decrease in demand, there are also mobile phone operators. The network handles garbage SIM according to the regulations of the Ministry of Information and Communications. The number of broadband Internet subscribers continued to maintain a high growth rate for many years when at the end of last year, there were 16.7 million subscribers, 2.2 times higher than in 2015, an average annual increase of 16.9%. The growth rate of the telecommunications market is also reflected in the revenue figures, whereby telecommunications revenue in 2010 reached 177.8 trillion VND, maintaining the growth rate of over 40% in previous years. By the period 2011 – 2015, post and telecommunications revenue continued to maintain a fairly high growth rate, increasing by nearly 60% in 2015 compared to 2010, increasing by nearly 10% on average per year. In the period of 2016 – 2018, telecommunications revenue maintained a fairly high increase of nearly 8% compared to the previous year, but by 2019 only increased by 2.6%. Particularly in 2020 due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, telecommunications revenue dropped sharply by 13.6%, reaching only VND 315,200 billion. The telecommunications market share is quite fiercely competitive by optimizing value-added services on the number of existing subscribers. In addition, revenue from traditional telecommunications services is also greatly influenced by the popularity of free calling and messaging OTT applications. Decision No. 749/QD-TTg dated June 3, 2020 of the Prime Minister approving the “National Digital Transformation Program to 2025, with orientation to 2030” has made Vietnam one of the The first country in the world to issue a program on National Digital Transformation, which is a favorable condition for businesses to actively exploit the opportunities brought by the technological revolution. With the goal of “Vietnam belongs to the group of 70 leading countries in e-Government (EGDI)”; “Digital economy accounts for 20% of GDP”; “The fiber optic broadband network infrastructure covers over 80% of households, 100% of communes” and “Universal 4G/5G mobile network services and smart phones”, telecommunications businesses, digital businesses there is a lot of room for growth.

Announcement Ceremony of Successful Domain Name Transformation for departments, branches and localities in Vinh Long province. On the morning of April 22, at Vinh Long, Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) in collaboration with the Department of Information and Communications of Vinh Long Province and iNET – The “.vn” domain name registrar held the opening ceremony of “Domain registration point. country “.vn” in Vinh Long “. This will be the second “.vn” domain name registration point in a series of national domain name registration points that are deployed synchronously in localities across the country. This is one of the tasks and solutions to develop digital infrastructure, creating a digital transformation foundation in the National Digital Transformation Program to 2025, with a vision to 2030 issued under Decision No. 749 / QD-TTg. on June 3, 2020 by the Prime Minister. Aiming to transform the entire Vietnamese internet network into the new generation internet protocol addressing (IPv6) application. Online services of state agencies, electronic newspapers, general websites, education, health care, and e-commerce of Vietnam using the national domain name “.vn”. The signing ceremony of the national domain name registration point “.vn” in Vinh Long on the morning of April 22. Changing domain names for the development of local e-commerce activities in order to effectively implement the National Program on Digital Transformation in Vinh Long; supporting individuals and businesses in Vinh Long who have the need to register domain names “.vn” easily and most conveniently; enhancing people’s accessibility to diversified products and services for domain name “.vn”; increase the digital conversion index of the relevant province and the rate of enterprises having a website / web portal using the domain name “.vn”. This is also the foundation of the digital transformation program, building applications and tools to help people and businesses in the province connect “From farm to table”, “from factory to apartment”, access to technology applications on digital platforms starting with the national domain name “.vn”. In the morning of the same day, the Department of Information and Communications of Vinh Long Province coordinated with functional units to hold a ceremony to announce the successful transformation of the website of 18 departments, branches, and 107 communes, wards and towns. .