Vietnam opening 5G NR soon, frequency bands are allocated
Vietnam MIC recently issued technical requirements and guidelines for for 5G NR base station, 5G terminal device, and 5G carrier service. These are MIC formal requirements for 5G NR devices but not yet in the form of National Technical Regulation QCVN. Vietnam MIC shall issue QCVN for 5G when ETSI complete the roadmap drafting CE standards for 5G NR later.
5G network testing is at final stage, official 5G network could be available on Quarter 1 of 2021
Below is operating bands chosen for 5G terminal devices (5G smart phone, 5G tablet, 5G telematic devices on car, and other kinds of 5G terminal):
Operating bands for terminal devices on FR1 và FR2 bands
Class |
Frequency band |
FR1 |
410 MHz – 7125 MHz |
FR2 |
24250 MHz – 52600 MHz |
Operating band for terminal devices on FR1
Frequency band |
Uplink band BS receiver / UE transmitter FUL,low – FUL,high |
Downlink band BS transmitter / UE receiver FDL,low – FDL,high |
Duplex |
n1 |
1920 MHz – 1980 MHz |
2110 MHz – 2170 MHz |
FDD |
n3 |
1710 MHz – 1785 MHz |
1805 MHz – 1880 MHz |
FDD |
n5 |
824 MHz – 835 MHz |
869 MHz – 880 MHz |
FDD |
n8 |
880 MHz – 915 MHz |
925 MHz – 960 MHz |
FDD |
n28 |
703 MHz – 733 MHz |
758 MHz – 788 MHz |
FDD |
n40 |
2300 MHz – 2400 MHz |
2300 MHz – 2400 MHz |
TDD |
n41 |
2496 MHz – 2690 MHz |
2496 MHz – 2690 MHz |
TDD |
n77v |
3600 MHz – 3960 MHz |
3600 MHz – 3960 MHz |
TDD |
n79 |
4800 MHz – 5000 MHz |
4800 MHz – 5000 MHz |
TDD |
Operating band for terminal devices on FR2
Frequency band |
Uplink band BS receiver / UE transmitter |
Downlink band BS transmitter / UE receiver |
Duplex |
FUL_low – FUL_high |
FDL_low – FDL_high |
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n258 |
24250 MHz – 27500 MHz |
24250 MHz – 27500 MHz |
TDD |