In 2012, the Central Committee XI of the Communist Party of Viet Nam issued Resolution No. 13-NQ/TW on building a harmonized infrastructure system in order to turn our country into a basically industrialized and modernized nation by 2020. The Resolution has also reinforced the determination, and has created a motivation to the sector of Information and Communications to boost the development of the information infrastructure together with the national programs and projects to be able to contribute to the economic and social development for the sake of industrialization and modernization of the country. This year also witnessed how the Ministry of Information and Communications strengthened its steering of the implementation of the national plan on digitizing the transmission and broadcasting of terrestrial television and marked 15 years of formation and development of the Internet in Viet Nam. Thus, these important issues will be analyzed in this White Book. In addition, in order to meet the demand of ICT statistics as well as to promote the ICT sector, the 2013 White Book will be updated on the international evaluations and rankings of Viet Nam’s ICT sector and some other useful contents.The Ministry of Information and Communications believes that the release of the White Book will help many local and international organizations evaluate more adequately Viet Nam’s ICT as well as increasingly satisfy the readers’ demand for looking and updating ICT information. The Ministry of Information and Communications hopes that the White Book will be a useful reference for state agencies, organizations, domestic and foreign enterprises, and will play an important role in promoting the ICT development and application in Viet Nam.