The new point with 2 cable routes ADC, SJC2 is to be connected to Vietnam in Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh. This has both helped increase the safety of Vietnam’s international connection system, not concentrating in one place ashore.
On the other hand, according to a representative of VIA, the fact that the two cable routes SJC2, ADC still connect to Hong Kong and Singapore affirms the fact of the great role of these two main hubs, but also shows that Vietnam can step by step have opportunities. become a transit station, connecting the region if the infrastructure connecting to the Western countries as well as the domestic infrastructure is developed stronger.
Opportunity to make Vietnam become the connecting hub of the region
Also in the new information shared with the press, Director of the Department of Telecommunications Nguyen Hong Thang said that through many undersea fiber optic cables having problems, the Ministry of Information and Communications found that the incidents also created new opportunities for development. undersea cable routes, making Vietnam a hub in the region, avoiding dependence on the two main hubs Singapore and Hong Kong.
In fact, 5 existing cable routes and 2 new cable routes expected to be put into operation this year are built by international partners and Vietnamese enterprises play the role of investment members. and use.
To increase the initiative of Vietnam, the Ministry of Information and Communications is directing Vietnamese enterprises to build about 2 international undersea cable routes invested and owned by a group of domestic enterprises allied with each other. “The Ministry of Information and Communications will be the focal point to gather and mobilize domestic telecommunications enterprises to coordinate in construction, in which there will be large and strong enterprises leading the deployment and other enterprises participating and contributing.” Mr. Nguyen Hong Thang information.
Thus, with the above orientation, it is expected that by 2025, the total number of undersea cable routes used by Vietnamese enterprises will be about 10 routes, double the current number.
Affirming that the opportunity to turn Vietnam into a regional hub is real and big but very challenging, a representative of the Department of Telecommunication said that to solve this big problem, the Ministry of Information and Communications has established a Steering Committee to discuss and plan. plans to build undersea fiber optic cables.
“The Steering Committee for troubleshooting and developing the national plan on undersea fiber optic cables will discuss in detail the construction of new cable routes with direction, capacity, appropriate time as well as efficiency. invest. At the same time, it is also necessary to focus on developing data centers and cloud systems in the country, so that we have the opportunity to make Vietnam the hub of the region.”a representative of the Department of Telecommunications said.