Cybersecurity
Vietnam Prefers Its Mobile Networks to Be Free of Huawei
- Communist leaders view China as an ongoing security risk
- U.S. is pressing other countries to avoid Huawei, analyst says
People use their smartphones while waiting at a bus stop in Hanoi.
Photographer: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images
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Vietnam is intent on being the first Asean nation to provide a 5G network -- without China’s tech powerhouse Huawei Technologies Inc.
Viettel Group, Vietnam’s largest mobile carrier owned by the Defense Ministry, will deploy Ericsson AB’s equipment in Hanoi and Nokia Oyj’s technology in Ho Chi Minh City, said Viettel Chief Executive Officer Le Dang Dung. It will use 5G chipsets from Qualcomm Inc. and another U.S. company. The carrier, which uses Ericsson and Nokia for its 4G network, is also developing its own equipment, he added.