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On October 15, 2025 in Hanoi, Viettel High Tech and Qualcomm will co-host the international conference Open RAN Connect 2025. This is the largest 5G Open RAN event ever to take place in Vietnam. In May 2025, Viettel and Qualcomm signed a strategic cooperation agreement, with the goal of making Vietnam a major technology research and development center in the world - Photo: VGP/MTOpen RAN is an open telecommunications network standard defined by the O-RAN Alliance - an alliance including network operators and equipment manufacturers in the world. The goal of Open RANs creation is to create conditions for many partners to participate in the research and production of 5G telecommunications equipment. In 2024, the Open RAN conference resonated when Viettel announced the commercialization of 5G equipment in Vietnam. This year, the program continues with the theme Enabling the Future: Core Technologies for Open RAN at Scale, focusing on core technologies to deploy Open RAN on a global scale. The event brings together representatives of organizations, telecommunications businesses, domestic and foreign researchers, to discuss the roadmap to expand the commercialization of Open RAN, towards an effective and sustainable digital infrastructure. Speakers came from the Global Mobile Association (GSMA), the International Open RAN Alliance (O-RAN Alliance); Ministry of Science and Technology; Qualcomm Group, Viettel High Tech, Viettel Networks, Gartner... In particular, GSMA will share about the development potential and influence of Open RAN technology on the global telecommunications industry. O-RAN Alliance updates the current development status of ORAN and guides the upcoming 5G-6G network era. Qualcomm brings up the importance of specialized processor chips (ASICs) in expanding the Open RAN platform. Gartner released a report analyzing the 5G RAN market, which specifically recognized a Vietnamese enterprise for the first time participating in the report Gartner Magic Quadrant 2025 for CSP 5G RAN Infrastructure Solutions - an important reference document for network operators when choosing equipment supply partners. Viettel representatives will also share experiences in large-scale practical deployment in Vietnam, contributing to affirming Vietnams position on the world telecommunications map. Leaders of two corporations share about technology development trends at Viettel Group headquarters - Photo: VGP/MTVietnam becomes a meeting point for the global 5G communityOpen RAN Connect 2025 affirms that Vietnam has become one of the new centers of the global Open RAN movement. This is not only a technology forum but also demonstrates the pioneering ability of a Vietnamese business in working with international partners to shape the future telecommunications infrastructure. Also at the conference, representatives of a number of global market research companies will announce reports and international awards honoring Vietnamese telecommunications equipment. This is a big step not only for Viettel but also for Vietnam as for the first time a Make in Vietnam technology product received recognition from many prestigious market research units in the world. This recognition continues to affirm Vietnams technological capabilities globally, and marks the achievement of strategic cooperation between Viettel and Qualcomm from 2022. After only 7 months of cooperation, at MWC Barcelona 2023, the two sides launched the worlds first 5G radio block (RU) using Open RAN standard ASIC chipsets, an achievement that traditional manufacturers took many years to achieve. November 2024, Viettel officially commercializes Make in Vietnam 5G Open RAN ASIC base station - a milestone affirming the autonomous capacity to research and develop 5G equipment of Vietnamese enterprises. By the end of December 2025, Viettel High Tech will deploy 2,500 5G Open RAN stations nationwide. Test results show that Viettel 5G devices using Qualcomm chipsets help save up to 24% of power under high load conditions, while maintaining stable performance with download speeds of 1.2-1.7 Gb/s, on par with the worlds leading suppliers. Minh Thi
