THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
__________ No. 29/2026/TT-BKHCN | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
______________________ Hanoi, May 31, 2026 |
CIRCULAR
Amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 04/2024/TT-BTTTT dated May 10, 2024, of the Minister of Information and Communications, on Planning of the 880-915 MHz and 925-960 MHz frequency bands for Vietnam’s IMT public terrestrial mobile communication systems
Pursuant to the Law on Radio Frequencies No. 42/2009/QH12, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 09/2022/QH15, Law No. 24/2023/QH15, and Law No. 84/2025/QH15;
Pursuant to Decree No. 55/2025/ND-CP of the Government, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Science and Technology;
Pursuant to Decision No. 37/2025/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister, on promulgation of the National Radio Frequency Spectrum Planning;
At the proposal of the Director General of the Authority of Radio Frequency Management;
The Minister of Science and Technology promulgates the Circular amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular No. 04/2024/TT-BTTTT dated May 10, 2024, of the Minister of Information and Communications, on Planning of the 880-915 MHz and 925-960 MHz frequency bands for Vietnam’s IMT public terrestrial mobile communication systems.
Article 1. Amending and supplementing Clause 2, Article 2 of Circular No. 04/2024/TT-BTTTT dated May 10, 2024 of the Minister of Information and Communications, on Planning of the 880-915 MHz and 925-960 MHz frequency bands for Vietnam’s IMT public terrestrial mobile communication systems, as follows:
“2. Planning of the 890-915 MHz and 935-960 MHz frequency bands from September 16, 2026, as follows:
a) The 890-915 MHz and 935-960 MHz frequency bands shall be used for deployment of public terrestrial mobile communication systems in accordance with IMT-2000, IMT-Advanced, IMT-2020 standards and subsequent versions using the FDD mode.
Public terrestrial mobile communication systems in accordance with the IMT-2000 standard specified at this Point may be used until the end of September 14, 2028;
b) The 890-915 MHz frequency band shall be used as the uplink frequency band, divided into 05 blocks C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5, each block having a bandwidth of 5 MHz; the 935-960 MHz frequency band shall be used as the downlink frequency band, divided into 05 blocks C1’, C2’, C3’, C4’ and C5’, each block having a bandwidth of 5 MHz. To be specific:
Uplink frequency band Downlink frequency band
c) The maximum total bandwidth that an organization is licensed to use in the 890-915 MHz and 935-960 MHz frequency bands is 2x10 MHz using the FDD method;
d) Organizations licensed to use radio frequencies in the 890-915 MHz and 935-960 MHz frequency bands shall coordinate with each other to prevent interference and handle harmful interference.”
Article 2. Implementing provisions
1. This Circular takes effect from the date of signing for promulgation.
2. The Chief of Office, the Director General of the Authority of Radio Frequency Management, heads of agencies and units under the Ministry of Science and Technology, and relevant organizations and individuals shall implement this Circular.
3. In the course of implementation, if any difficulties or obstacles arise, agencies, organizations and individuals are requested to promptly report them to the Ministry of Science and Technology (the Authority of Radio Frequency Management) for consideration and settlement./.
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