On January 10, 2023, the Ministry of Communications of Vietnam launched a public consultation on the draft notice of the "National Technical Specifications (Standards) for Land Mobile User Equipment - Radio Access (2G/3G/4G LTE Terminals)". The standard number is QCVN 117:2023/BTTTT, which is applicable to GSM, W-CDMA, and e-UTRA mobile devices. The effective date of the standard is expected to be March 1, 2024, and the enforcement date is July 1, 2024.

The main changes compared to QCVN 117:2020/BTTTT are as follows:

• New LTE bands: 2300-2400 MHz (B40), 2500-2690 MHz (B41), 703 MHz – 733 MHz / 758 MHz – 788 MHz (B28);
• The handset must be able to operate on one of the LTE/4G bands specified in the standard;
• For non-mobile phone terminals, it is not mandatory to support 4G/LTE technology.

The international equivalents to this standard are ETSI EN 301 908-13 V13.2.1 and ETSI EN 301 908-1 V15.1.1.

Click this link to view the full text of the draft standard, click this link to view the original public consultation, which is open until 10 March 2023.