Viettel and Vietnam Unveil VGC v1.0 Chip With Built-In Local Cipher
Hanoi – November 03, 2026 -- Vietnam's Government Cipher Committee and Viettel Group have unveiled VGC v1.0, a 28-nanometre security chip that runs a domestically developed cryptographic algorithm in silicon and performs encryption and decryption about 15 times faster than a software-only solution.
VGC v1.0 packs 300 million transistors into a 10 x 10 mm package
The chip is fabricated on a 28-nanometre CMOS process. Its first batch passed technical tests and received certification for socio-economic applications in the first quarter of 2026. Technical safeguards applied before fabrication are designed to reduce the risk of information leakage and reverse engineering.
The project targets data-exposure risks tied to imported chips. Embedding cryptographic functions in hardware is meant to give Vietnam more control over how the technologies protecting sensitive information are designed and verified.