Vietnam Post
National Post Office
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Vietnam Post (VNPost; Vietnamese: Tổng công ty Bưu điện Việt Nam, lit. 'Vietnam Post Corporation') is the Vietnamese government-owned postal service.[1]
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 Central Post Office, Hanoi, Vietnam. | |
| VNPost | |
| Industry | Postal services, courier |
| Predecessor | Subsidiary of VNPT |
| Headquarters | Hanoi, |
| Services | Letter post, parcel service, EMS, delivery, postal banking |
| Owner | Government of Vietnam |
| Website | vnpost |
Universal Postal Union
Vietnam joined the Universal Postal Union on 20 October 1951.[2]
History
Vietnam Post was established on the basis of the pilot project to establish Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 58/2005/QD-TTg dated 23 March 2005.[3][4][5] On 1 June 2007, Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng signed the approval of the project to establish Vietnam Post Corporation with the international name Vietnam Post[6][7] and the abbreviation VNPost.[8]
On 15 June 2007, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now the Ministry of Information and Communications) issued Decision No. 16/2007/QD-TCCB-BBCVT, officially establishing Vietnam Post Corporation.[9][10][11]
On November 16, 2012, the Prime Minister of Vietnam issued Decision 1746/QĐ-TTg to transfer the ownership representation at the Vietnam Post Corporation from the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group to the Ministry of Information and Communications.[12][13][14] On December 28, 2012, the Ministry of Information and Communications changed the name of Vietnam Post Corporation to Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group.[15][16] Ngày 6/1/2015, Bộ Thông tin và Truyền thông tổ chức lại Công ty mẹ Tổng công ty Bưu điện Việt Nam theo mô hình quản lý của Tổng công ty.[17][18]
In 2018, VNPost was officially listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE).[19][20] In 2020, VNPost launched the Digital Transformation Center (VNPost Digital).[21][22]
Currently, the Vietnam Post Corporation is a member of the Universal Postal Union.[23][24]
