Ethnic minorities have at last been offered mobile phone services in their own languages by the Viettel telecommunications group.
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Mobile phone coverage in some of Vietnam’s more remote and mountainous areas, which are traditionally home to higher concentrations of ethnic groups has been limited due to cost and low population density.
The military-run telecommunications giants will also offer new content such as news, music and agriculture and other farming tips in ethnic languages.
Deputy Head of the Government Committee for Ethnic Minorities Hoang Xuan Luong praised Viettel’s move at a recent press conference.
Some nine million of Vietnam’s 12 million ethnic people currently do not use any mobile telecom services.
