📋 Tender Overview
At the Mobile World Congress 2026 event taking place in Barcelona, Spain, VinaPhone network (part of VNPT Group) was honored to become the only Vietnamese representative to be awarded the Best 5G Network Award in Vietnam and SEA certificate - the best 5G network in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Download Mr. Nguyen Nam Long, Deputy General Director of VNPT Group, received the award at Mobile World Congress 2026. The certificate was awarded to VinaPhone network by Ookla organization - the worlds leading telecommunications speed testing unit. VinaPhones 5G quality is recognized at the regional and international level. Ooklas Best 5G Network award is awarded based on the Speedtest Connectivity Score index. - a comprehensive measure of users 5G mobile network experience. This index is made up of 3 main groups of criteria including: Speed Score (overall speed and responsiveness, accounting for 50% of the total score), Web Browsing (website access and download performance, accounting for 25%) and Video Streaming (quality and smoothness when watching online videos, accounting for 25%). Ookla applies a testing and evaluation method based on actual usage situations, through millions of tests from users in Vietnam, reflecting customers daily experiences. VinaPhones Speedtest Connectivity Score index reached 83.60, clearly different from the other 2 5G networks in Vietnam. Notably, VinaPhones Speed Score alone is outstanding with 75.48 points, up to 8% higher than the network ranked next. Thereby, affirming its position in the fastest speed (Fastest 5G) and contributing to helping VinaPhone be honored as the best 5G network in Vietnam. VinaPhones 5G network quality is also recognized at the regional and international level when it surpasses many giants such as Singtel (Singapore), Unifi (Malaysia), AIS (Thailand)... to be honored as Best 5G Network Southeast Asia - Best 5G network in Southeast Asia consecutively in the third and fourth quarters of 2025. Download VinaPhone was honored as the best 5G network in Vietnam. Mr. Stephen Bye, President and General Director of Ookla, expressed his honor when awarding VinaPhone the Speedtest award for the best 5G network in Vietnam and Southeast Asia in the second half of 2025. This prestigious award recognizes the methodical investment and strong commitment of VinaPhone network in bringing top mobile connectivity to users. Our strict testing methods ensure that this is objective proof of VinaPhones outstanding performance in the market, Mr. Stephen Bye emphasized. According to market surveys, currently over 70% of mobile data traffic focuses on video, social networks and digital content platforms. With speeds 10-15 times faster than 4G, under optimal conditions it can reach over 1 Gbps, VinaPhone 5G provides an outstanding mobile Internet experience, especially for services requiring large bandwidth such as high-resolution video, online entertainment and remote working. Download VinaPhones score evaluation results are superior to other carriers in the Southeast Asia region, clearly demonstrating VinaPhones Go Global strategy. To achieve this result, VNPT Group has synchronously deployed many technical solutions and optimized the network right from the planning and development stage of the VinaPhone 5G network. Not only focusing on quantity factors such as number of stations, coverage area and access speed, VNPT focuses on customer experience quality factors, implementing radio network planning based on modern traffic forecast models and analyzing user density in each area, in order to choose the optimal station location in terms of coverage, capacity and long-term scalability. During the deployment process, each 5G station is subjected to multi-layer testing with actual usage scenarios such as Access high-density data, livestream, gaming and transmit high-resolution video. Merging VNPT-Vinaphone, VNPT-Media into the parent company - VNPTVinaphone officially covers 5G nationwide. VinaPhone mobile network has the fastest internet speed in Vietnam. The system is monitored in real time through radio and core network KPI analysis tools, allowing continuous optimization of parameters such as transmit power, MIMO configuration, beamforming and radio resource allocation to ensure uniform performance across regions. allowing network configuration to be adjusted at each time and each area, instead of just optimizing at the average level of the entire system. Speaking after receiving the award, Mr. Nguyen Nam Long, Deputy General Director of VNPT Group shared, Best 5G Network is not only an international award, not only reflecting the technological capacity and operational quality at the present time but also a recognition for VinaPhones 30-year journey. (1996-2026) strives to improve service quality and affirm its position on the international telecommunications map. The above effort is a clear demonstration of VNPTs Go Global strategy, aiming to bring digital technology products, services and solutions deeper into the global value chain.HM
