Hanoi (VNA) - Viettel Military Industryand Telecoms Group (Viettel) on December 1 launched its digitalfinancial ecosystem called Viettel Money.
Viettel Money is a comprehensive digital financialecosystem that is available anytime and anywhere with the widest range ofservices, said Pham Trung Kien, General Director of Viettel Digital.
With up to 300 personalised functions, the most todate, Viettel Money serves diverse needs of customers in trading, moneytransfer, investment, insurance and bill payment.
Wherever there is mobile signal of Viettel, evenwithout internet connection, customers can use Viettel Money, Kien added.
Viettel's telecom network has now covered 99 percentof Vietnam's area, offering services in 11,000 wards and communes nationwide,including those located in remote, border and island areas.
As from December 1, customers can use their official phoneaccounts that have been used for at least three consecutive months to registerfor Viettel Money without bank accounts.
Viettel Money is expected to help to acceleratecashless payment, particularly in rural, mountainous and border areas that havestill met with difficulties in accessing traditional financial services.
On this occasion, Viettel also announced variouspromotion programmes with a total value of up to 30 billion VND (1.32 millionUSD) for all customers registering for Viettel Money./.
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Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
