According to information from the Ministry of Information and Communications, in August 2023, the total revenue of the industry is estimated at: 321,836 billion VND, up 1% compared to the previous month and down 5% compared to the same period last year. The total revenue of the industry by the end of August 2023 is estimated at 2,263,373 billion VND.
Estimated state budget contribution: VND 8,852 billion, down 3% compared to the previous month and down 19% compared to the same period last year. Accumulated budget contribution of the whole industry up to the end of August 2023 is estimated at VND 64,677 billion.
Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Duc Long and Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Lam co-chaired the press conference.
Of which, postal service revenue is estimated at VND 4,750 billion, equivalent to July 2023 and an increase of over 6% compared to August 2022. Postal output is estimated at 186 million postal items, equivalent to July 2023 and an increase of over 15% compared to August 2022.
In the telecommunications sector, the rate of households using fiber optic cable reached 78.3%, an increase of 6.2% over the same period last year. The target for 2023 is to reach 84% of households using fiber optic cable. The number of fixed broadband subscribers reached 22.3 million (equivalent to a rate of 22.4 subscribers/100 people), an increase of 7.7% over the same period last year. The target by December 2023 is to reach 25 subscribers/100 people.
In addition, the Ministry of Information and Communications has advised and submitted to the Government to issue Decree No. 63/2023/ND-CP dated August 18, 2023 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Radio Frequencies No. 42/2009/QH12, amended and supplemented by a number of articles under Law No. 09/2022/QH15. Effective from August 18, 2023.
In the Press - Media sector, as of August 2023, pay TV subscribers are estimated to reach 18.6 million subscribers (up 12.2% over the same period last year, the number of pay TV subscribers reached 16.57 million subscribers). 34 enterprises have been granted licenses to provide pay TV services.
From August 1, 2023 to August 21, 2023, Facebook blocked and removed more than 295 articles posting false information and propaganda against the Party and the State (90%); Google removed 764 violating videos on Youtube (95%); TikTok removed 30 violating links posting false information and negative content (92%). In particular, Google removed 5 channels (containing 18,900 videos) opposing the Party and the State with a very large number of subscribers and views.
According to the plan, in September 2023, the Ministry will complete the dossier to submit to the Government for consideration and approval of the Proposal to develop the Law on Digital Technology Industry. Research and develop a draft Strategy for the development of Vietnam's semiconductor industry to 2025 and vision to 2030.
Complete the amendment of Decree 130/2018/ND-CP detailing the implementation of the Law on Electronic Transactions on digital signatures and public digital signature certification services. Report to the Politburo on the allocation of commercial frequency bands to establish a 5G network for specialized networks under the direction of the Prime Minister...
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