MobiFone apologizes, offers compensation for hour-long service disruption
MobiFone has apologized to customers and offered compensation such as free data and calls
Vietnamese telcos announce $435mn relief package for service users
The package is intended to benefit service users affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
Mobifone launches free 5G service at store in downtown Ho Chi Minh City
Subscribers can access the Vietnamese operator’s 5G network at 80 Nguyen Du Street in District 1
Vietnamese telcos granted permission to test commercial 5G in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
These test rounds will provide the telcos with market insights before official 5G commercialization
Vietnam’s MobiFone suffers mobile network disruption
Both data and voice connectivity on 3G and 4G networks were disrupted
Vietnam fines 4 major MNOs over illegally registered SIM cards
Inspectors discovered a firm having pre-registered up to 88,637 SIM cards
Hanoi court upholds life sentence for ex-minister in scandalous MobiFone-AVG deal
Nguyen Bac Son, former communications minister, was previously sentenced to life in prison for receiving US$3 million in bribes
Vietnam court sentences ex-minister to life in scandalous MobiFone-AVG deal
The former minister avoided a death penalty thanks to several mitigating circumstances
Vietnam's ex-communication minister receives $3mn bribe in scandalous AVG-MobiFone deal
Police on Monday indicted Nguyen Bac Son, Minster of Information and Communications for the 2011-16 tenure
Vietnam’s former minister of investment reprimanded for involvement in $391mn acquisition deal
He was disciplined for his role in the now-aborted deal where Mobifone tried to buy a 95 percent stake in AVG