1. Challenges for ICT standardization in Vietnam
ITU Regional Standardization Forum for Asia Pacific Region Da Nang City, Vietnam 22 August 2016
Challenges for ICT standardization in Vietnam
Do Xuan Binh Principal Official, MIC, Vietnam

2. Contents ICT standardization in developing countries
ICT standardization in Vietnam and challenges
Conclusions
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3. Contents ICT standardization in developing countries
ICT standardization in Vietnam and challenges
Conclusion
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4. ICT standardization activities in developing countries
Main tasks
Understanding international/regional standards
Applying (choosing/adopting) international/regional standards
Participating in and contributing to the work of regional/ international SDOs
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5. ICT standardization activities in developing countries
Observation
National standardization activities normally do not follow international activities and may fail to keep up with practical requirements
Limited participation in international/regional standardization activities
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6. ICT standardization activities in developing countries
Problems/difficulties
Lack of competent experts, especially from industry sides: difficulty in understanding thoroughly of standardization activities, in national/regional/international levels
Do not have favorable conditions to frequently participate in international/regional standardization activities
Shortage of information on activities of international/regional standardization organizations; limitation of awareness and application of international/regional standards
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7. Contents
ICT standardization in developing countries
ICT standardization in Vietnam and challenges
Conclusions

8. Vietnam ICT highlights
4G LTE is on the final trial, soon will be deployed widely
Promotion of IPv6 in the context of exhaustion of IPv4 addresses and the potential IoT applications
Fixed and mobile broadband Internet are in strategic positions
Television and broadcasting networks and services are being digitalized and converged
ICT infrastructure is growing fast: complicated and unsafe BTS station towers and outside cable networks
Online services and applications (OTT services, online games, social networks, etc.) are facilitated
ICT applications of all economic sectors (e-gov, e-health, e-education, e-transportation, etc.) are encouraged
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9. ICT standardization activities in Vietnam
New R&D and standardization strategy
Telecoms: 4G LTE mobile equipments and mobile station (toward 5G), broadband internet services
Television and broadcasting: DVB-T2, DVB-S/S2, DVB-C television, TV White Space
Internet: IPv6 and IoT
Applications: ICT applications in Gov. organizations
ICT applications in other economic sectors: e-health, e-transport
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10. ICT standardization system in Vietnam
International
Level
ITU
ISO
IEC
JTC1
APT
Regional Level
National
Level
MOST
MIC
STAMEQ
DST
DIC
VNTA
RIPT
Manufacturer
Operators
R&D Institute
Academia, etc
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11. ICT standardization system in Vietnam
Objects
Products, equipment
Network/information system interconnections
Telecoms installations/Radio stations
Network performance and QoS
ICT standards
(voluntary)
- International standards
- National standards
- Organization standards
ICT technical regulations
(mandatory)
- National tech. regulations
- Local tech. regulations
Quality,
efficiency
publicity,
transparency
Safety,
security
Advanced, practical, unified
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12. ICT standardization system in Vietnam
National technical regulations
~ around 100
Information system: 01
Telecom equipment: 57
IPv6: 02
Telecom network: 11
Telecom service: 06
Television and broadcasting equipment: 09
Television and broadcasting services: 05
EMC: 09
Mandatory
* Essential (minimum)
requirements
Products:
EMC,
Radio spectrum,
Electric safety, etc.
Services:
- QoS, QoE
Systems:
EMF exposure from BTSs/Television stations;
Installations of BTSs/telecoms stations/passive telecoms infrastructure
* Measurement/assessment
methods
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13. ICT standardization system in Vietnam
National standards (by MIC)
~ around 98
Information security: 13
IT: 14 (software products)
Telecoms equipment, internet: 49
EMC: 12
Television and broadcasting: 04
ICT application for people with disabilities: 06
Voluntary
* Technical specifications
* EMC measurements
* Software/hardware
* QoS, QoE
* Information Security Management System
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14. ICT standardization system in Vietnam
Regulations
2009
List of standards for supporting people with disabilities to
access and use ICT
2013
List of ICT [mandatory/recommended] standards applied in government organizations
Connection (23)
Data integrity (12)
Information access (48)
Information security (35)
List of mandatory standards applied for datacenters
2015
List of mandatory standards applied to digital signature and
digital signature certification service 14
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15. Participating international standardization activities/Challenges
- Monitoring SDO’s activities
- Preparation of contributions
Mechanism to enhance activeness, regularity and professionalism
- Sending experts to meetings, workshops, Fora, etc.
- Remote participation/ e-working
Creation favorable conditions for participation of experts (budget, time, etc.)
Ensuring effectiveness/ progression of paticipation
Making contributions during participation
Internal report after participation
Follow-up activities
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16. Standard making process/Challenges
Establishing the Long term Plan
for standard development (1)
- Rapid changing of new/converging technologies, services, applications
- Not having industries, not being a technology developer
Standardization
Planning Committee
- Lack of understanding appropriate standards (from various SDOs)
- Lack of guidelines to implement (“generic”) standards
Choosing Inter’nal standards to adopt (2)
Available Inter’nal standards
Creating new
Standards (3)
Lack of ref. standards with regulatory implication (Case 1, 2)
Defining essential requirements (4)
Lack of ref. standards with clear identification of critical/minimum requirements (Case 3)
Regulatory objectives/
Specific needs
Specifying assessment methods (5)
Lack of ref. documents detailing measurement/assessment methods
(Case 3)
Assessment requirments
To achieve concensus
Public hearing and completion of standards (6)
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17. Case 1: Passive telecoms infrastructure standards
Lack of reference standards with regulatory implication
In the context of fast grown-up telecoms infrastructure, standards are needed:
to ensure mechanical safety of BTS/television antenna towers
for telecoms operators to share their infrastructure (antenna tower/ cable trench, jointing chamber, tunnel, etc.)
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18. Case 2: Information security standards
Lack of reference standards with regulatory implication
The “Law on network
information security” (2015):
Information systems shall be
classified into 5 levels of
information security for apply
appropriate management
and technical countermeasures
- Standards are needed to specify minimum security requirements for Classified information systems
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19. Case 3: QoS, QoE standards
Lack of reference standards
with clear identification of
critical/minimum requirements
and measurement methods
- ITU-T Recs specify QoS, QoE criteria, but left behind corresponding minimum requirements
- There is still a need for more specific measurement methods for QoS, QoE
ITU-T E.804 (ETSI TS )
ITU-T P.862, ITU-T P.863
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20. ICT standardization in developing countries
Contents
ICT standardization in developing countries
ICT standardization in Vietnam and challenges
Conclusions
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21. Conclusions ICT standardization activities broad and complicated
need systematic observations and plans
need collaboration between ITU and other SDOs
Standards with regulatory implication
derived from, and raised by, developing countries
need to take consideration by ITU-T and SDOs
Participation of developing countries in international standardization activities
bring benefits for the countries as well as global standards development
should be continuously supported via ITU-T BSG activities
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22. Thank you ! Mail : dxbinh@mic.gov.vn Phone : +84 4 38226580
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