Star Telecom a joint venture between Viettel Global JSC and Laos Asia Telecom, was honoured with two prizes including “Innovation in Public Administration Services” and “Innovation in Consumer Products and Services” at Asia Pacific Stevie Awards.

Unitel introduces its products in Laos (Photo: Viettel Group)

 The awards recognise Star Telecom (Unitel) for expanding new services and updating technologies to support the Laos Government during its digital transformation.

 The Lao Ministry of Science and Technology chose Unitel to act as a consultant to build e-government and smart healthcare projects. The agreements were under its national digital transformation strategy.

 In addition, Unitel has handed over a civil status management programme to the Lao Ministry of Home Affairs. Thanks to this programme, all citizenship data has been uploaded to the system, improving the capacity to manage data and information about people, and helping reduce administrative procedures. This is the first time that Laos has implemented the management of electronic civil status instead of the registration of civil status as before.

 Unitel was the first unit licensed by the Central Bank of Laos to officially deploy Mobile Money and is also the only company developing this service in the country, offering a new secure and quick payment method for more than six million people. This field is expected to generate 30%-50% of Unitel's telecoms revenue in the future.

 General Director of Unitel Luu Manh Ha said: “With the advantages of digital transformation in Vietnam and Peru, Unitel has quality resources to bring a better life to the people in Laos.”

In the first half of the year, with financial revenue reaching 101% of the plan, Unitel continued to be the No 1 telecom company in Laos, accounting for 57% of the market share.