HANOI: Hanoi has climbed five places in global mobile internet rankings, making it the world's fifth-fastest city for mobile internet, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
According to Ookla's August 2026 Speedtest Global Index, the capital city recorded a median mobile internet download speed of 493.37 Mbps.
Besides its impressive download performance, Hanoi recorded a median mobile upload speed of 93.98 Mbps and latency of only 19 milliseconds.
Four cities ranked ahead of Hanoi, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with 702.28 Mbps; Al-Rayyan in Qatar with 625.63 Mbps; Doha in Qatar with 532.09 Mbps; and Dubai in the UAE with 522.64 Mbps.
Hanoi outperformed several major international cities, including Sweden’s Stockholm at 411.79 Mbps; Kuwait’s Kuwait City at 376.36 Mbps; and Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro at 366.96 Mbps.
In the fixed broadband rankings, Hanoi slipped two places to 30th worldwide, with a median download speed of 251.94 Mbps, an upload speed of 199.35 Mbps and latency of 4 milliseconds.
Meanwhile, Ho Chi Minh City climbed four places to 54th globally, recording a median mobile download speed of 175.91 Mbps.
Ho Chi Minh City also moved up one position to 14th in the fixed broadband category, achieving a median download speed of 298.38 Mbps.
At the national level, Vietnam continued its strong performance in global telecommunications rankings in August 2026.
For mobile internet, the country recorded a median download speed of 219.93 Mbps, climbing one place to ninth worldwide.
That figure was more than double the global median of 109.05 Mbps. - Bernama-VNA
