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The Vietnamese Prime Minister has recently signed a decision on the list of enterprises providing telecommunicationsservices with network infrastructure held and dominated by state 

The rapid development of the internet in Viet Nam has prompted a new management mechanism, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Le Nam Thang has said.

Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has discussed the cooperation possibility with Myanmar-based Myanmar-based Yatanarpon Teleport – YTP Co to develop telecommunications services, build telecommunication equipment manufactory and provide telecommunications industry products for Myanmar.

Asia-Pacific operators spent a combined $400 million on mobile internet infrastructure in the second quarter, to cater to growing demand for 3G and LTE services.

Vietnam has been one of the fastest-growing markets in Asia for some time, and given the level of market development today it is hard to fathom that the country's mobile penetration rate stood at less than 20% only five years ago.  The market has increased from 2.6 million subs in 2005 to 90.7 million last year, and revenues jumped fourfold to $4.4 billion over the same period

Vietnam's Hanoi Telecom is ramping up efforts to acquire state-owned EVN Telecom, or at least prevent a merger between EVN and Viettel.

LTE adoption is in for robust growth over the next few years, according to two separate analyst firms, with one group predicting LTE will account for 10% of mobile users by 2015.