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Viettel wins big at international business awards

VGP - Viettel Group has outshone many other strong candidates to win five awards at the 2017 International Business Awards –Stevie Awards held in Barcelona, Spain.

October 26, 2017 4:55 PM GMT+7

Accordingly, Viettel was presented with one gold and four silver prizes.

The Gold Stevie Award in the category “Best New Product or Service of the Year - Media & Entertainment - Service” went to Viettel Group’s Youtube plans which are carried out in Cambodia, Peru and Tanzania. Within six months since the plans were implemented in Cambodia, Peru and Tanzania, they attracted over 1 million subscribers, creating a breakthrough in using an entertainment application on smart phones in these three countries, resulting in a saving from 40 to 80% of data use for users.

The four Silver Stevie Awards went to My Viettel in the category of “Best new product or service of the year-consumer services”, Halotel (Viettel Tanzania) in the category of “Fastest growing company of the year-in EMEA”, Bitel (Viettel Peru) in the category of “Corporate Social Responsibility Program in Peru” and Telecom Security Solution of Viettel Telecom in Viet Nam in the category of “Best new product or service of the Year-Telecommunications-Service”.

Created in 2002, the Stevie Awards are the world's premier business awards aimed at honouring and generating public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organisations and working professionals worldwide, including those working in the IT and telecom services.

The awards are held annually, consisting of a range of categories covering business, such as management, new products, marketing, public relations and customer care.

                                                                                                                            By Vien Nhu