Strategic objectives for digital infrastructure by 2025 and orientation towards 2030 in Vietnam

Strategic objectives for digital infrastructure by 2025 and orientation towards 2030 in Vietnam

Set forth the objectives until 2025 and 2030 as follows:

(1) Objectives until 2025:

- Universal fiber optic coverage for households;

- 100% of provinces, cities, high-tech zones, concentrated information technology zones, research and development centers, innovation centers, industrial zones, seaports, and international airport terminals will have 5G mobile services;

- Launch at least 2 new international submarine fiber optic cable lines;

- Establish data centers supporting Artificial Intelligence applications (AI Data Center);

- Develop new data centers meeting green standards according to international criteria, where the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) does not exceed 1.4;

- An average of 1 Internet of Things (IoT) connection per person;

- Each citizen will have 1 digital identity;

- The percentage of adult population with digital signatures or electronic signatures will exceed 50%;

- Develop platforms providing digital technologies (IoT, artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, cybersecurity, etc.) as services, serving as the soft infrastructure for economic and social development in Vietnam;

(2) Objectives until 2030:

- 100% of users will have access to fiber optic connectivity with speeds of 1Gb/s or higher;

- 5G mobile broadband network coverage will reach 99% of the population;

- Construct, ensure capacity, and readiness to test 6G mobile network deployment;

- Deploy and operate at least 06 new submarine fiber optic cable lines, increasing the total designed capacity of submarine cables to at least 350 Tbps;

- Complete and put into use at least 01 submarine fiber optic cable line owned by Vietnam;

- Deploy and activate at least 01 new international terrestrial fiber optic cable line;

- The total designed capacity of submarine fiber optic cables should meet a minimum redundancy requirement of 1+2 (available capacity three times the actual usage capacity);

- Develop hyperscale data centers; data centers supporting artificial intelligence applications; edge data centers meeting domestic demand and ready to develop regional data centers (Digital Hub);

- The number of IoT connections will reach the world's high average level or an average of 4 IoT connections per person;

- The percentage of adult population with digital signatures or electronic signatures will exceed 70%.

More details can be found in Decision 1132/QD-TTg issued on October 9, 2024.

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