Viettel launches overseas service for pre-paid subscribers

Viettel, one of Vietnam’s largest mobile service providers, said it has launched an international roaming service for its pre-paid subscribers.

According to Hoang Son, The Director of Viettel Telecom’s, the company will initially provide an international roaming service to 21 countries and territories worldwide, such as Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Russia, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Australia, Canada, the US, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Hungary, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.

The company’s pre-paid subscribers, who have a balance of at least 200,000 VND, can register for the service by sending the message “CVQT” to 138.

Established in 2001, the military-run telecoms company is the first Vietnamese telecoms company to supply services overseas.

The firm has installed more than 17,000 base transmission stations (BTS) nationwide to serve around 36 million users. It is estimated that the number of Viettel subscribers will exceed 40 million by the end of this year.

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