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The information and communications infrastructure access broadband fiber optic cable internet services
development planning in 2021-2030 approved in st hamlets’ culture houses. In addition, 230 hamlets
January 2024 focuses on digital infrastructure have electricity from the national grid, but still are not
development. The telecommunications infrastructure covered by a mobile broadband. The newly released
Vietnam is expected to transform digital infrastructure. The plan stipulates that an additional 2.7 million households
will access fiber services in each year (2024 and 2025),
orientation is described in the plan to develop Vietnam
telecommunications infrastructure in 2024-2025, raising the number of Vietnam’s households capable of
recently released by MIC. According to the MIC’s Authority accessing fiber services to 90 percent and 100 percent,
of Telecommunications (AOT), telecommunications respectively. The other goals set for 2024 include
infrastructure must be prioritized. It must be one step having 684 more hamlets with electricity from national
ahead to stimulate national digital transformation, digital grid with access to fiber services reaching hamlets’
economy and digital society development. Businesses culture houses; having 80 more hamlets with electricity
need to cooperate to develop telecommunications from national grid to be covered by mobile broadband
infrastructure based on the principle of common use wave; negotiating with partners to have one or two
and sharing. The telecommunications infrastructure more international submarine telecommunications
needs to be programmed and implemented at the same cable routes. The goals for 2025 are higher, with 1,368
time as transport infrastructure, electricity, lighting, more hamlets having fiber services reaching hamlets’
underground work infrastructure, and other technical culture houses and 100 percent of culture houses
infrastructure. According to AOT, 5.4 million households having broadband internet. Another goal for 2025 is to
out of 27 million households nationwide still cannot have 150 hamlets covered with 4G broadband. www.
access fiber services. Meanwhile, 2,052 hamlets (May 27. 2024) www.mic.gov.vn
have electricity from the national grid, but still cannot

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