Viettel with its top mission “Innovation for humans” At the 30th founding ceremony of Viettel, Acting Chairman and Director General of Viettel Major General Le Dang Dung underscored the company’s MISION “Innovation for humans,” saying that Viettel continues to play a leading role in telecommunication, ICT and other technologies as well as digital transformation and building of a digital society in Vietnam. In doing so, it will focus on developing electronics and telecommunication engineering, defense industry, and cyber security defense in order to keep up with the rest of the world in industry 4.0 and contribute positively to protecting national security, territorial sovereignty in both physical and virtual spaces. Customers experiencing Viettel's services In the short run, Viettel will immediately invest in “Internet of Things” (IoT) infrastructure and soon provide 5G services with the aim of facilitating national development … [Read more...] about Part 2: Viettel takes the lead in national digital transformation
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Workshop seeks to boost Vietnam’s digital economic development
At a workshop themed “Policy Aspects for Vietnam Digital Economic Development,” jointly held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the World Bank Group in Hanoi, he described cyber security and its crucial role in protecting online customers as important factors to develop Vietnam’s digital economy. Enhancing digital skills for local residents should be priorities in the Government’s policies to ensure that equal opportunities from the digital economy are offered to all, the official suggested, adding that the education system must be improved to well meet the market requirements. The digital age offers opportunities for the economy of Vietnam. Photo: sapo.vn According to Dang Hoang Hai, head of the MoIT’s Department of E-commerce and Digital Economy, Vietnam has a total population of more than 96 million people, 64 million of whom get access to the Internet and 57 percent of the population have social accounts. Last year, … [Read more...] about Workshop seeks to boost Vietnam’s digital economic development
Viettel honored as Vietnam Mobile Data Service Provider of the Year
To get the title, the company has had a high growth rate of data subscribers, good diversity of services, large scope of supply, big infrastructure investment and healthy telecommunication ecosystem. Speaking at the awarding ceremony, Cao Anh Son, CEO of Viettel Telocom, said that the title means the recognition by the international community of Viettel’s digital transformation strategy. "We will continue to make more efforts to bring the best products and services to our customers, not just data services," he added. Cao Anh Son, CEO of Viettel Telocom receiving the award In Vietnam, the telecommunications market is gradually becoming saturated due to large mobile coverage and the strong growth of data consumption. As the network provider with the biggest 3G and 4G infrastructure networks with more than 70,000 base transceiver stations, Viettel Telecom also has the largest number of 3G/4G subscribers, especially 4G subscribers. In the first 9 months of 2019, … [Read more...] about Viettel honored as Vietnam Mobile Data Service Provider of the Year
CPA Australia Survey: Two-thirds of Accounting Professionals Expect Hong Kong’s Recession to Continue into 2020
HONG KONG, CHINA - Media OutReach - 17 November 2019 - 66 per cent of respondents from the accounting and finance sector expect Hong Kong's economy to contract in 2020 while 73 per cent believe that the city's competitiveness will decline, according to the latest Hong Kong Economic Survey conducted by CPA Australia.Growing anxiety about the economic outlook The rather bleak prospects for the year ahead is reflected in the two-thirds of respondents forecasting Hong Kong's economy to contract in 2020. This represents a significant decrease in economic confidence from previous years, when only 20 per cent of respondents expected Hong Kong's economy to contract in 2019 and 4 per cent in 2018. The most frequently selected prediction is for Hong Kong's GDP to decline by greater than one per cent (chosen by 43 per cent of respondents). This signifies a major shift to negative sentiment from previous years where the most popular choice was for GDP to expand by 2 to 2.9 per cent … [Read more...] about CPA Australia Survey: Two-thirds of Accounting Professionals Expect Hong Kong’s Recession to Continue into 2020
Vietnam could lose growth momentum: economists
Wooden furniture processing at a factory in Vietnam. Economists say the global economic situation has had an impact on the Vietnamese economy The National Assembly (NA) Office and the NA Economic Commission co-held the “Vietnam SocioEconomic Forum 2018: Current Situation and Prospects” in Ho Chi Minh City on September 18 and 19. The forum was aimed at providing vital inputs for NA deputies to prepare for the sixth sitting of the law-making body next month to examine the execution of the NA resolution on socioeconomic development for 2018, according to Le Bo Linh, vice general secretary and deputy head of the NA Office. He noted that short- and long-term factors at home and abroad have impacted the adoption of the resolution’s measures. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the challenges and prospects of executing the socioeconomic objectives to present key solutions for the remainder of the year. Global economic uncertainty has had an impact on the … [Read more...] about Vietnam could lose growth momentum: economists
