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Viettel posted a profit of around VND 44 trillion last year, increasing 12 percent from the previous year. Photo from Viettel
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At its conference to review
activities held last weekend, Viettel announced that its total revenue reached
VND 250.8 trillion in 2017, up 9.4 percent from 2016.
Despite the group spending a big
investment for its 4G network and the largest scale telecom network in Myanmar,
it still yielded a 12 percent increase in profit in 2017.
Its overseas investment rose by 24.4
percent, six times higher than the world average.
The local telecom business
contributed 65.6 percent of the group’s total revenue, while its overseas
investment contributed 12.5 percent.
Viettel also earned VND 12.5 trillion
from its production of equipment, including 300 BTS 4G stations. In 2017,
it had 25 licenses of invention, three times higher than that of 2016 and took
the third position in the country.
The giant telecom group contributed
VND 41.1 trillion to the State budget, up 2.3 percent from the previous year.
Viettel also received important
awards such as the most profitable firm in Vietnam, the biggest taxpayer in
the country and the company with the highest brand value of USD 2.6 billion.
The group will target total revenues
of VND 277 trillion in 2018, increasing 10.5 percent from last year, and will
expect profit to rise by 3.2 percent to VND 45.5 trillion.
Its number of 4G subscribers this
year is expected to hit 17 million.
It also plans to improve network
quality to bring its 4G data speed to the top 10 of the world.
Viettel will inaugurate its mobile
phone services in Myanmar - its 10th foreign market this year.
Source: VNA