Hanoi, November 13, 2024 – At the 5G Open RAN Connect conference held at the Viettel High Tech headquarters in Hanoi, Viettel announced the commercial launch of its Open RAN (O-RAN) 5G Network, featuring key equipment developed in-house. This marks the world’s first O-RAN 5G network utilizing Qualcomm Technologies’ 5G RAN platforms. Viettel is deploying over 300 sites across various Vietnamese provinces by Q1 2025, with the potential for thousands more as part of nationwide and international expansion plans in 2025 and beyond. This milestone positions Viettel as a leading advocate in the O-RAN community and marking it as one of the largest carriers to launch a commercial O-RAN network.
On the morning of November 13 (Vietnam time), Viet Nam’s President Luong Cuong visited and worked with Bitel – Viettel's brand in Peru – as part of his state visit to the Republic of Peru and participation in the APEC Economic Leaders' Week. On November 12, Bitel celebrated its 10th anniversary in business and officially launched its 5G service in Peru.
In Fortune's "Change the World 2024" rankings, Viettel Group ranks 3rd among over 50 global companies contributing significantly to sustainable development and positive social impact.
On November 1, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent a letter commending Viettel's cybersecurity engineers for their achievement of winning the championship for two consecutive years at Pwn2Own, one of the largest and most prestigious cybersecurity competitions in the world.
Breeding cows to help the poor in border areas - also known simply as the Cow program - is a social program where Viettel will deduct 1 million VND in revenue when each customer uses Viettel's postpaid products to buy cows for the people to end border poverty.
Every year, each commune covered by the policy will be supported with 10 scholarships (05 scholarships for primary school students; 05 scholarships for high school students), either in cash or in-kind as tools and supplies for children in the learning process with a value of 1 million VND/person.
The program supports poor districts (full name: The program to support poverty reduction and sustainability is a program of economic development - society of the government to create rapid changes in material life and morale for poor households and ethnic minorities so that by 2020 they can be on par with other districts in the region.
“Operation healthy heart” is a humanitarian charity program jointly implemented by Viettel Group and Vietnamese Heart Foundation - Vietnam Television since 2008.