The company built antenna towers and installed microwave transmission lines, laying the foundation for Vietnam’s telecom industry. Viettel’s 5G hardware has made its way overseas with million-dollar contracts in India, the Philippines, and the UAE. In 2022, Viettel High Tech started developing an open radio access network for 5G, based on U.S. company Qualcomm’s chipset. Viettel’s 5G launch in November last year was the first for Qualcomm in the 5G Open RAN segment. Kwon, senior vice president and president for Asia-Pacific at Qualcomm, told the media at Viettel’s 5G launch in Hanoi last year.