Vietnamese enterprise makes important contribution to socio-economic development in Cambodia

Metfone, under the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel), marked 15 years of operation in Cambodia at a ceremony held in Phnom Penh on February 19.
An overview of the ceremony
An overview of the ceremony

Speaking at the event, Viettel Chairman Tao Duc Thang said that the group’s investments and the transferral of state-of-the-art telecommunications technologies to Cambodia have helped to generate social benefits in the country over the past 15 years.

As a whole, Metfone and Viettel have acted as pioneers leading Cambodia’s digital transformation in recent years, he said, highlighting that Metfone has developed advanced technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to provide Cambodia with digital platforms, solutions, and services, thus contributing to the nation’s prosperity and sustainability.

Viettel Chairman Tao Duc Thang speaks at the event.

Viettel Chairman Tao Duc Thang speaks at the event.

To date, the company has signed cooperation deals with most of Cambodian ministries to promote digital transformation in the nation, he stressed. Affirming Metfone’s desire to make further contributions to Cambodia’s development, Thang affirmed that with the support of technologies the company will work to ensure that no Cambodian is left behind.

Meanwhile, Metfone General Director Cao Manh Duc said that Metfone, which has won the confidence of Cambodians over the past years, has served as a bridge in promote friendship and solidarity between the two countries and peoples. Metfone will accompany the Cambodian government and enterprises to develop the country in the time ahead, he added.

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Tea Seiha hailed the company’s operation in the past 15 years, saying he hopes that Metfone will continue supporting the Cambodian Government’s Pentagon Strategy-Phase 1 on the development of a digital economy and society. Metfone’s successes and unceasing development are a symbol for the friendship cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia, the official said.

NDO