Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has published the following regulations updates that will be effective since July 1, 2019:

• QCVN 117:2018/BTTTT: National technical regulation on Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) User Equipment (UE) - Radio Access. Issued on April 13, 2018, this Vietnamese national standard is based on ETSI EN 301 908-13 V11.1.1 (2016-07) and ETSI EN 301 908-1 V11.1.1 (2016-07) and replaces QCVN 47:2015/BTTTT as radio access requirements for 4G/LTE terminal devices.

• QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT: Technical Regulation on Electromagnetic Compatibility of Multimedia Equipment (include ITE and AV) - Emission Requirements. Issued on May 25, 2018, this Vietnamese national standard establishes technical requirements to provide an adequate level of protection for the radio spectrum ensuring the radio services are able to properly operate in the frequency range 9 kHz – 400 GHz. It also specifies test procedures to ensure the reproducibility of measurement and the repeatability of results. This Vietnamese national standard is composed based on CISPR 32:2015 RLV and CISPR 32:2015/COR1:2016 and replaces TCVN 7189:2009 and TCVN 7600:2010. The scope of the QCVN 118:2018 covers the following MultiMedia Equipment (MME) that will require the MIC EMC approval:

- Information technology equipment: the equipment that has one (or more) main functions: importing, storing, displaying, restoring, transmitting, processing, switching or controlling data. The equipment can be equipped with one or more ports

- Broadcasting television receivers: broadcasting television receivers containing tuners for receiving television broadcasting services

- LED/LCD Tivi, Infotainment car systems, commercial displays for advertising, etc.

• QCVN 66:2018/BTTTT: National technical regulation on repeater for W-CDMA FDD.This Vietnamese national standard replaces QCVN 66:2013/BTTTT as requirement for 3G W-CDMA FDD Repeater.

• QCVN 16:2018/BTTTT: National technical regulation on base stations for W-CDMA FDD. This Vietnamese national standard replace QCVN 16:2010/BTTTT as requirement for 3G W-CDMA FDD Base Station.

Links to the official documents:

Circular No. 08/2018/TT-BTTTT to officially release QCVN 118:2018/BTTTT

Circular 02/2018/TT-BTTTT to officially release QCVN 117:2018/BTTTT

Circular No. 06/2018/TT-BTTTT to officially release QCVN 16:2018/BTTTT

Circular 05/2018/TT-BTTTT to officially release QCVN 66:2018/BTTTT

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