Viettel Telecom aims to become a leading enterprise in creating a digital society.

On October 15, 2020, in Hanoi, Viettel Telecommunication Corporation (Viettel Telecom) held a ceremony to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its traditional day (October 15, 2000 - October 15, 2020) and received the Second Class Labor Medal.

AttendingMinusGeneral Hoang Xuan Chien - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense;Mr. Phan Tam - Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, together with representatives of departments, branches, partners andIndustrial Group Management- Military Telecommunications, Viettel Telecommunications Corporation through the ages.

Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense and Major General Le Dang Dung - Acting Chairman and General Director of the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group attended the celebration. Photo: PV

20 years history of formation and development ofViettel Telecomassociated with the telecommunications business career of Viettel Military Industry and Telecommunications Group today.

Officially entered the telecommunications market on October 15, 2000 with only 2.3 billion VND in capital and more than 100 people,Viettelchoose VoIP 178 international long distance telephone service to start a business. Meeting market demand through quality and suitable rates, VoIP 178 service was unexpectedly successful and helped Viettel recover its investment capital in a short time.

Exactly 4 years later, Viettel entered the mobile information market with the brand name Viettel Mobile and the prefix 098. With a drastic approach and the spirit of "Even faster" - "Flooding the territory" - "Using the countryside to surround the city", Viettel had 100,000 mobile subscribers after only 2 months of official business - a number that other networks took 12 months to achieve.

In the following three years, Viettel rose to become the leading enterprise in mobile telecommunications market share and officially reached the milestone of 20 million subscribers in 2008, marking the time when a telecommunications network "made by Viettel" covered the entire country, from the mainland to the islands, with an unprecedented scale in the history of Vietnam.

Ceremony to receive the Second Class Labor Medal of Viettel Telecommunications Corporation. Photo: PV

Over the past 20 years, Viettel has been associated with the name of the network operator that created an explosion in telecommunications and information technology, contributing to increasing the mobile penetration density of the population from less than 5% in 2004 to more than 100% in 2009.

Viettel has popularized mobile services, helping everyone, rich or poor, urban or rural, even in remote areas, border islands, to use mobile phones to communicate, study, improve knowledge, entertain...

With easily accessible data packages and reasonable prices, now every smartphone user can access high-speed Internet anytime, anywhere. Viettel is moving towards the goal of having a broadband fiber optic internet line for every household and maintaining the growth rate of fixed broadband internet services at 15-20%/year. This is an important premise to realize the aspiration of pioneering in creating a digital society, the great responsibility of Viettel Telecom in the process of building a digital society and digital economy of the country.

Over the past 20 years, with nearly 900 trillion VND in accumulated revenue, Viettel Telecom is the key unit contributing to making the Group the number 1 telecommunications and information technology enterprise in Vietnam.

Viettel is also one of the 15 fastest growing telecommunications enterprises in the world, ranked 28th in the top 150 most valuable network operators in the world, with a brand value of 5.8 billion USD, ranked No. 1 in Southeast Asia and No. 9 in Asia; contributing to affirming the position and role of State-owned enterprises in the socialist-oriented market economy.

Not only contributing to the country's economic growth, hunger eradication and poverty reduction, Viettel also plays an important role in ensuring communications for national defense and security tasks, while actively fulfilling social responsibilities through many meaningful community-oriented programs such as: "Heart for Children", School Internet, program to support poor districts according to Resolution 30a of the Government, Breeding cows to help poor people in border areas, For studious children...

Viettel Telecom's efforts have been recognized by the support of 70 million customers across Vietnam, along with many prestigious domestic and international awards. And once again, Viettel Telecom was recognized by the Party and the State with the Second Class Labor Medal awarded on the occasion of the Corporation's 20th anniversary.

Mr. Cao Anh Son - General Director of Viettel Telecom spoke at the Anniversary Ceremony. Photo: PV

Speaking at the Anniversary Ceremony, Mr. Cao Anh Son - General Director of Viettel Telecom Corporation emphasized that the rapid changes in technology, platform applications, business models, competitive environment and new management methods... are both challenges and opportunities for Viettel Telecom in its new journey, the journey of leading digital creation.

To strive to achieve the goal of becoming a leading enterprise in creating a digital society in Vietnam, achieving service revenue of 100 trillion VND by 2025, Viettel Telecom sets the goal of maintaining the number one position in mobile and fixed broadband market share in Vietnam, by 2025, broadband and ultra-broadband Internet connections will cover 100% of households; transforming Viettel Telecom into a digital telecommunications enterprise, with the number 1 customer service and customer experience in Vietnam; pioneering 5G technology, IoT and infrastructure to meet development opportunities in the 4.0 Industrial Revolution; perfecting the digital product and service ecosystem, bringing the proportion of digital service revenue to be equivalent to that of network operators in the region and the world; focusing on product and service innovation; digitizing sales activities, focusing on customers; training a team of experts and managers with international certificates in business, management, engineering and information technology, etc.

At the same time, build a strong and comprehensive Corporation with a modern and effective model; lead and organize well the task of developing production and business in peacetime and performing military and defense tasks, ensuring communication when required.

Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense spoke at the Ceremony. Photo: PV

Authorized by the President, Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense, pinned the Second Class Labor Medal on the Quyet Thang military flag. Along with the title of Labor Hero in the Renovation Period awarded in 2011, this noble award is the recognition of the Party and State for Viettel Telecom's positive contributions to the construction and development of Viettel Group and the country.

Speaking at the ceremony, Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien also acknowledged the contributions of Viettel Telecom Corporation to the cause of national construction and defense. Not only possessing the largest telecommunications network, with the deepest, widest coverage and best quality in Vietnam, ready to effectively support the military information network when necessary, Viettel Telecom is the only telecommunications enterprise to successfully cover remote, isolated, border and island areas, contributing to connecting the borders and islands of the Fatherland./.