{{Short description|Vietnamese telecommunications company}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox company | name = Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group | logo = Logo of VNPT.svg | logo_size = 120px | image = VNPT headquarter.jpg | image_size = 250px | trade_name = VNPT | native_name = Tập đoàn Bưu chính Viễn thông Việt Nam | type = State-owned company | genre = | founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|2006|03|26}} | founder = | hq_location = 57 Huynh Thuc Khang Str., Lang Ha Ward, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam | area_served = | key_people = Tô Dung Thai, Chairman<br>Huynh Quang Liem, President & CEO | industry = Telecommunications | products = Switching Equipment<br>Power Supply Equipment<br>Transmission Equipment<br>Terminal Equipment<br>Connection Equipment & Accessories<br>Lightning Protection Equipment<br>Optical Cables<br>Copper Cables<br>Software Manufactures<br> | brands = VinaPhone | services = Data Transmission Services<br>Video Transmission Services<br>Satellite Services<br>Information System Solutions<br>Telephone Services<br>Postal Services | revenue = 144.747 trillion VND (around $6.5bn)<ref name=12res>{{cite news|title=Năm 2017, VNPT đạt tổng doanh thu 144.747 tỷ đồng|url=http://ictnews.vn/thoi-su/nam-2017-vnpt-dat-tong-doanh-thu-144-747-ty-dong-162672.ict|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref> | operating_income = 9.126 trillion VND (around $400m)<ref name=12res>{{cite news|title=Năm 2017, VNPT đạt tổng doanh thu 144.747 tỷ đồng|url=http://ictnews.vn/thoi-su/nam-2017-vnpt-dat-tong-doanh-thu-144-747-ty-dong-162672.ict|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref> | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = Ministry of Finance | num_employees = >30,000 | divisions = | subsidiaries = | website = {{URL|https://vnpt.com.vn}} | footnotes = }}
'''Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group''' ({{Langx|vi|Tập đoàn Bưu chính Viễn thông Việt Nam}}), operating as its initialism '''VNPT''', is a telecommunications company, owned by the Ministry of Finance, and was once the national post office of Vietnam. According to a list of UNDP in 2007, it is the second-largest company in Vietnam. It owns VinaPhone, one of the three largest mobile network operators in Vietnam.
VNPT was established on 30 April 1995.<ref>{{Cite web | title=TẬP ĐOÀN BƯU CHÍNH VIỄN THÔNG VIỆT NAM (VNPT) | url=https://special.nhandan.vn/Tap-doan-Buu-chinh-Vien-thong-Vietnam-VNPT/ | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=special.nhandan.vn | language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Các mốc phát triển | url=https://vnpt.com.vn/gioi-thieu/cac-moc-phat-trien | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=vnpt.com.vn}}</ref> On 26 March 2006, it was formally restructured and operated under a new model.<ref>{{Cite web | last=PHÓNG | first=BÁO SÀI GÒN GIẢI | date=2005-11-23 | title=Đầu năm 2006, tập đoàn VNPT sẽ ra mắt | url=https://www.sggp.org.vn/share10390.html | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=BÁO SÀI GÒN GIẢI PHÓNG | language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | last=Phong | first=Tùy | date=2007-01-17 | title=10 sự kiện nổi bật năm 2006 của VNPT | url=https://vneconomy.vn/10-su-kien-noi-bat-nam-2006-cua-vnpt.htm | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=Nhịp sống kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới | language=vi}}</ref> According to the decision of the Prime Minister, VNPT converted from the Corporation model to the Group model.<ref>{{Cite web | last=Nhân dân | date=2005-10-03 | title=VNPT hướng tới tập đoàn kinh tế | url=https://baochinhphu.vn/news-1022170.htm | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=baochinhphu.vn | language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | last=baochinhphu.vn | date=2011-03-24 | title=5 năm VNPT: Từ Tổng công ty tới mô hình Tập đoàn | url=https://baochinhphu.vn/news-10268181.htm | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=baochinhphu.vn | language=vi}}</ref>
On 24 June 2010, VNPT changed its operating mode. According to Decision No. 955/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister of Vietnam, VNPT converted to a single-member limited liability company model owned by the State.<ref>{{Cite web | title=TẬP ĐOÀN BƯU CHÍNH VIỄN THÔNG VIỆT NAM | url=https://cmsc.gov.vn/xem-chi-tiet/-/asset_publisher/WqvULR6gmpvh/Content/tap-oan-buu-chinh-vien-thong-viet-nam?42637#:~:text=T%E1%BA%ADp%20%C4%91o%C3%A0n%20B%C6%B0u%20ch%C3%ADnh%20Vi%E1%BB%85n,c%E1%BB%A7a%20Th%E1%BB%A7%20t%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bng%20Ch%C3%ADnh%20ph%E1%BB%A7.&text=%2D%20T%E1%BA%ADp%20%C4%91o%C3%A0n%20B%C6%B0u%20ch%C3%ADnh%20Vi%E1%BB%85n,ng%C3%A0y%2030%2F04%2F1995. | access-date=2024-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | last=Kieu Nguyen | date=2011-01-05 | title=Internet Viettel TpHCM | url=https://netviettelhcm.vn/ | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=hanoimoi.vn | language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | last=phủ | first=Cổng Thông tin điện tử Chính |title=Quyết định số 955/QĐ-TTG của Thủ tướng Chính phủ: Chuyển Công ty mẹ – Tập đoàn Bưu chính Viễn thông Việt Nam thành công ty trách nhiệm hữu hạn một thành viên do Nhà nước làm chủ sở hữu | url=http://chinhphu.vn/default.aspx?pageid=27160&docid=95246 | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=chinhphu.vn | language=vi}}</ref> In 2010, VNPT was awarded the title of Hero of Labor by the Vietnamese government for its many achievements from 1999 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web | last=baochinhphu.vn | date=2010-01-20 | title=VNPT đón nhận Danh hiệu Anh hùng Lao động | url=https://baochinhphu.vn/news-10230703.htm | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=baochinhphu.vn | language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | last=hanoimoi.vn | date=2011-01-05 | title=10 sự kiện nổi bật của Tập đoàn Bưu chính-Viễn thông năm 2010 | url=https://hanoimoi.vn/10-su-kien-noi-bat-cua-tap-doan-buu-chinh-vien-thong-nam-2010-261608.html | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=hanoimoi.vn | language=vi}}</ref>
VNPT is granted the right by the Vietnamese Government to operate and exploit the two Vietnamese satellites VINASAT-1 and VINASAT-2.<ref>{{Cite web | last=Từ Lương | date=2008-08-09 | title=Giao chủ đầu tư khai thác vệ tinh Vinasat | url=https://baochinhphu.vn/news-102505.htm | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=baochinhphu.vn | language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | date=2008-08-11 | title=Chuyển quyền khai thác Vinasat cho VNPT | url=https://vneconomy.vn/techconnect//chuyen-quyen-khai-thac-vinasat-cho-vnpt.htm | access-date=2024-04-08 | website=Nhịp sống kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới | language=vi}}</ref>
On May 5, 2026, the Ministry of Science and Technology proposed transferring ownership of VNPT.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.vietstock.vn/2026/05/science-ministry-seeks-ownership-at-vnpt-974-632406.htm | title=Science ministry seeks ownership at VNPT |website=vietstock.vn |access-date=2026-05-16 | language=en }}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category|VNPT}} * {{Official website}}
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