PANO - Viettel Telecom Company held a ceremony to receive its title “Hero of Labor” conferred  by the State President on December 22nd, in Hanoi.

H. E. Nguyen Thien Nhan, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister, Senior Lieutenant-General Le Huu Duc, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Military Central Commission, Deputy Defence Minister attended the ceremony. 

Addressing the event, on behalf of the Party ad the State, Deputy PM Nhan highly appreciated great efforts of the Company’s staff in particular and Viettel Group in general.

He stressed that the development of the Company and the Group had contributed to the good performance of the national telecom sector, fulfilling their mission on information and communications assigned by the Party and the State. 

Besides, the Company, with the tradition of “Uncle Ho’s Soldiers”, had tightly attached economic with national defence-security and social activities. It also had helped facilitate communication with remote, mountainous areas, borders and islands. 

Viettel Telecom Company officially joined the telecom market on October 15th, 2000. As one of key units, it has exploited the largest scale- telecom network in Vietnam with over 50,000 BTS stations.

Translated by Mai Huong