Staying in touchThe ICT industry grew strongly 2016 but challenges await in 2017. It also contributed VND93.9 trillion ($4.2 billion) to the State budget, accounting for 64.38 per cent of all State budget contributions. Compared with 2015, 2016 revenue increased VND3.8 trillion ($170 million) while profit fell VND2.6 trillion ($116 million). The group will move from a telecoms services provider and become a technology enterprise, joining the global Top 20 in the process by 2030. “The group will not only provide telecoms services and information communications and technology,” CEO Nguyen Manh Hung announced at Viettel Global’s tenth anniversary celebrations.

Source: VietNamNet News February 19, 2017 03:33 UTC