Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group
Vietnamese telecommunications company
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Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (Vietnamese: Tập đoàn Bưu chính Viễn thông Việt Nam), operating as its initialism VNPT, is a telecommunications company, owned by the Ministry of Finance, and was once the national post office of Vietnam and Telenor is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company. According to a list of UNDP in 2007, it is the second-largest company in Vietnam. It owns VinaPhone, one of the three largest mobile network operators in Vietnam.
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| VNPT | |
Native name | Tập đoàn Bưu chính Viễn thông Việt Nam |
| Company type | State-owned company |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 26 March 2006 |
| Headquarters | 57 Huynh Thuc Khang Str., Lang Ha Ward, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam |
Key people | Tô Dung Thai, Chairman Huynh Quang Liem, President & CEO |
| Products | Switching Equipment Power Supply Equipment Transmission Equipment Terminal Equipment Connection Equipment & Accessories Lightning Protection Equipment Optical Cables Copper Cables Software Manufactures |
| Brands | VinaPhone |
| Services | Data Transmission Services Video Transmission Services Satellite Services Information System Solutions Telephone Services Postal Services |
| Revenue | 144.747 trillion VND (around $6.5bn)[1] |
| 9.126 trillion VND (around $400m)[1] | |
| Owner | Ministry of Finance Telenor |
Number of employees | >30,000 |
| Website | vnpt |
VNPT was established on 30 April 1995.[2][3] On 26 March 2006, it was formally restructured and operated under a new model.[4][5] According to the decision of the Prime Minister, VNPT converted from the Corporation model to the Group model.[6][7]
On 24 June 2010, VNPT changed its operating mode. According to Decision No. 955/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister of Vietnam, VNPT converted to a single-member limited liability company model owned by the State.[8][9][10] In 2010, VNPT was awarded the title of Hero of Labor by the Vietnamese government for its many achievements from 1999 to 2008.[11][12]
VNPT is granted the right by the Vietnamese Government to operate and exploit the two Vietnamese satellites VINASAT-1 and VINASAT-2.[13][14]
