Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich speaks at the working session with Viettel representatives (Source: VT) Hanoi (VNA) –The military-run telecoms group Viettel is the main factor creating a boom intelecommunications in Vietnam, contributing to completing the national targetof universalising telecom services ahead of schedule, said Defence MinisterGeneral Ngo Xuan Lich.
Speaking at a working session with Viettelrepresentatives on July 7, Minister Lich also praised the group’s efforts insupplying high-tech equipment to the army, helping ease reliance on imports andensure information security.
Sharing Lich’s views, Minister of Informationand Telecommunications Truong Minh Tuan said Viettel is one of the enterprisessignificantly contributing to cyber security in Vietnam.
Viettel is the first Vietnamese telecom firm toinvest abroad and export services, he said, lauding the group’s notedcontributions to national gross domestic product (GDP) as well as its brandname in the international market.
Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anhsaid Viettel has been named in the top 100 most valued telecom companiesworldwide, highlighting its outstanding achievements in launching 4G services,with 36,000 4G stations installed.
According to Viettel Director General MajorGeneral Nguyen Manh Hung, Viettel aims to become a strong global industrial andtelecom group by 2020, focusing on telecommunications, foreign investment,market expansion, high technology and cyber security.
General Lich stressed that joining economicdevelopment is one of the tasks and functions set for the army.
Therefore, Viettel needs to pour more investmentinto building broadband telecom infrastructure with 4G as the focus in order tocreate a foundation for the country to engage in the fourth industrialrevolution, he noted.
At the same time, Viettel should pay more heedto producing telecom electronic equipment, he said, asking the group to replaceimported core network equipment with the ones it makes by 2018.
A high-tech defence industrial complex is beingshaped by Viettel, which is expected to remarkably contribute to armymodernisation and national defence, he said.
Lich also asked the group to step up theresearch and production of equipment and weapons in order to meet demands ofthe army as best as possible while continuing to invest overseas in the fieldof telecommunications, with priority given to neighbouring countries and otherASEAN nations, gearing towards a stronger and more prestigious brand name.
Another task is to combine economic developmentwith national defence and turn the group into a model of State-ownedbusinesses, he said.-VNA
Speaking at a working session with Viettelrepresentatives on July 7, Minister Lich also praised the group’s efforts insupplying high-tech equipment to the army, helping ease reliance on imports andensure information security.
Sharing Lich’s views, Minister of Informationand Telecommunications Truong Minh Tuan said Viettel is one of the enterprisessignificantly contributing to cyber security in Vietnam.
Viettel is the first Vietnamese telecom firm toinvest abroad and export services, he said, lauding the group’s notedcontributions to national gross domestic product (GDP) as well as its brandname in the international market.
Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anhsaid Viettel has been named in the top 100 most valued telecom companiesworldwide, highlighting its outstanding achievements in launching 4G services,with 36,000 4G stations installed.
According to Viettel Director General MajorGeneral Nguyen Manh Hung, Viettel aims to become a strong global industrial andtelecom group by 2020, focusing on telecommunications, foreign investment,market expansion, high technology and cyber security.
General Lich stressed that joining economicdevelopment is one of the tasks and functions set for the army.
Therefore, Viettel needs to pour more investmentinto building broadband telecom infrastructure with 4G as the focus in order tocreate a foundation for the country to engage in the fourth industrialrevolution, he noted.
At the same time, Viettel should pay more heedto producing telecom electronic equipment, he said, asking the group to replaceimported core network equipment with the ones it makes by 2018.
A high-tech defence industrial complex is beingshaped by Viettel, which is expected to remarkably contribute to armymodernisation and national defence, he said.
Lich also asked the group to step up theresearch and production of equipment and weapons in order to meet demands ofthe army as best as possible while continuing to invest overseas in the fieldof telecommunications, with priority given to neighbouring countries and otherASEAN nations, gearing towards a stronger and more prestigious brand name.
Another task is to combine economic developmentwith national defence and turn the group into a model of State-ownedbusinesses, he said.-VNA
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