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Star Telecom to build population management system for Laos

Star Telecom, a joint venture between the Laos-Asia telecom company and Vietnam's military-run Viettel telecom group, has won a contract to build a population management system for the Lao government.
Star Telecom to build population management system for Laos ảnh 1Scene at the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Vientiane (VNA) – Star Telecom, a jointventure between the Laos-Asia telecom company and Vietnam's military-runViettel telecom group, has won a contract to build a population managementsystem for the Lao government.  

The company signed the contract with the LaoMinistry of Home Affairs in Vientiane on June 9.

The system will store digitised citizens’ data,including birth, death and marriage certificates, and immigration records, thusfacilitating management work and cutting time and cost for administrativeprocedures.

Under the contract, in the first phase of theproject between 2017 and 2018, Star Telecom will build the system for theprovinces of Vientiane, Luang Prabang and Champasak. Estimated costs amount toabout 700,000 USD in total.

In the second phase, the system will be expandedto 14 remaining provinces. 

Speaking at the signing ceremony, ThongchanSivilay, head of the Lao Ministry of Home Affairs’ household registrationdepartment, said the new system will boost quality of population management inLaos, particularly in calculating statistics on family registration to servesocio-economic planning.

Star Telecom director Cao Anh Son pledged toeffectively carry out the project, making internet connection available to allunits of the ministry and promptly handling all issues arisen during theinstallation of the new system.

Star Telecom now accounts for 50 percent of themobile service market in Laos.-VNA
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