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VNPT – VinaPhone awarded first-class Labour Order

The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) -VinaPhone was awarded the Labour Order, first class, during a recemony held in Hanoi on June 25 marking the 25th anniversary of the first Vietnamese mobile phone service provider.
VNPT – VinaPhone awarded first-class Labour Order ảnh 1At the event (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) -VinaPhone wasawarded the Labour Order, first class, during a recemony held in Hanoi onJune 25 marking the 25th anniversary of the first Vietnamese mobilephone service provider.

Speaking at the event, Chairman of the VNPT Member CouncilPham Duc Long said the distinction offers VNPT-VinaPhone a driving force tofurther develop in the future amid digital transformation process.

Founded on June 26, 1996, VinaPhone became the first telecomservice provider to cover all cities and provinces nationwide after threeyears. It recorded 1 million subscribers in 2002 and 12 million subscribers in 2008.

VNPT – VinaPhone awarded first-class Labour Order ảnh 2Vice State President grants first-class Labour Order to VNPT-VinaPhone (Photo: VNA)

It now boasts an infrastructure capable of meeting national demandfor defence-security, disater prevention and control, and nearly 30 millionsubscribers. Apart from the over 37,000 3G and more than 34,000 4G transmittingstations, it is one of the first units to successfully pilot thecommercialisation of 5G technology in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Annually,internet traffic on mobile networks increases by about 70 percent on average.

Long stressed that the growth of VinaPhone and the trust of morethan 30 million clients are a result of brainpower and efforts by generationsof engineers and staff of the VNPT Net Corporation and VNPT-VinaPhone in the 63 citiesand provinces across the country.

General Director of VNPT-VinaPhone Nguyen Truong Giang said thisyear, 10-30 percent of its staff will move to the field of digital transformation to offermore convenient and modern services./.

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