Notably, Viettel has achieved these positive results in the context that the socio-economic situation continued to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the global supply chain was interrupted due to an international conflict as well as the instability in some foreign markets in which Viettel is operating.

In Việt Nam, Viettel continues to maintain its No 1 position in telecommunications with 54 per cent market share of mobile subscribers and over 40 per cent market share of fibre cable internet subscribers.

In the first six months of the year, Viettel had many policies to attract customers to use 4G infrastructure, bringing its 4G subscribers to nearly 40 million, accounting for nearly 75 per cent of its total. It has 168 5G stations in 24 provinces and cities nationwide. Viettel aims to test 5G in all 63 provinces and cities in the country in 2022.

Viettel's telecommunication in foreign market saw double growth compared to the world’s average level. Its service revenue grew in all of its nine foreign markets over the same period last year. In which, six out of nine markets had double-digit growth including Movitel (Mozambique) 38.6%; Mytel (Myanmar) 79.6%; Natcom (Haiti) 28.6%; Lumitel (Burundi) 22.4%; Telemor (Timor Leste) 15.9% and Halotel (Tanzania) 14.2%.

In technology and digital solutions sector, Viettel has promoted the business of new services such as TV 360, Viettel Money, eSport, and solutions for smart home and surveillance cameras.

Viettel also promoted digital products to international markets such as B2B services in Myanmar; cybersecurity services in Germany; co-operated with Nvidia (US) to expand cooperation with artificial intelligence (AI) companies globally; provided telecommunications network devices in some Southeast Asian and South Asian markets, exported undersea cables…

Speaking at a recent meeting, Colonel Tào Đức Thắng - Chairman and General Director of Viettel said: "2022 is the third year Viettel has announced its transformation into a technology company providing digital services. Viettel will continue its pioneering journey in ultilizing technologies to bring happiness to the people and prosperity to the country; becoming the top 1 enterprise in cybersecurity, digital transformation products to build a digital government, digital economy, and digital society. Viettel will also collaborate with internal and external resources to have breakthrough digital products to take the lead”.