The election, which took place during the 25th meeting of the AWG in Indonesia from July 1-5, demonstrates the internationalcommunity’s acknowledgement of Vietnamese experts’ experience in radiocommunication.
This is the first time a Vietnamese representativehas been elected to the position. Earlier,Vietnam held the role of Vice Chair of the AWG for 2014-2019.
The AWG covers various aspects of emergingwireless systems including IMT/IMT-Advanced to meet upcoming digitalconvergence era in Asia-Pacific. It is assisting the process of providing costeffective radio-communications solutions and facilitating the transfer oftechnology.