Vietnam will convert all local networks to IPv6, under a sweeping digital infrastructure strategy announced last week.

The 2030 ambitions are more significant, and include a requirement for all networks to use IPv6, universal 1Gbit/sec fiber-to-the-premises, 5G covering 99 percent of the population, and connection of another six submarine cables to provide the nation with 350TB/sec of network capacity. One of those new cables is to be state-owned.

Vietnam’s population exceeds 100 million and it already has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 inhabitants. IPv4 with network address translation can scale to those levels – if Vietnamese carriers have secured sufficient number resources.

Another stated 2030 goal is for each resident of Vietnam to have four IoT connections, and for 70 percent of the population to use a personal electronic signature.