Thursday, January 28, 2021, 14:00 GMT+7
Old cellphones are put up for sale at a store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo: Huu Khoa / Tuoi Tre
Vietnam will stop both the production and importation of mobile phones with 2G and 3G technology from July 1, according to a new circular from the Ministry of Information and Communications.
The circular on national technical regulations on terrestrial mobile communications equipment regulates that mobile phones manufactured in or imported into Vietnam must use Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) or 4G technology.
This means that all mobile devices with simply 2G, 3G or combined technology are to be prohibited from being produced in or imported into the Southeast Asian nation.