On January 20^th, 2021, Thai Nguyen province organized a signing ceremony of a memorandum of commitment between Thai Nguyen People's Committee and Saigon Telecommunication & Technologies Corporation (SAIGONTEL). Attending the signing ceremony were Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Trinh Viet Hung, Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and representatives of a number of provincial departments and branches. On SAIGONTEL's side, there were the attendance of Ms. Nguyen Cam Phuong, General Director of the Company, representative of Microsoft Vietnam and a number of businesses that are partners of SAIGONTEL.

Delegates attended the signing ceremony of a memorandum of commitment between Thai Nguyen Provincial People's Committee and SAIGONTEL

SAIGONTEL is a member of Saigon Investment Group (SGI) - a leading private group in the field of investment and development of industrial - urban - service complexes. Previously, in November 2020, SAIGONTEL leaders had a meeting with leaders of Thai Nguyen province to explore investment cooperation opportunities in the province. With the desire to accompany the province in socio-economic development, in order to create a premise to realize many of the goals set out by the Resolution of the 20th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020-2025, on basis of agreement between the two parties, SAIGONTEL has agreed to finance part of the budget for the province to implement the planning of Thai Nguyen province in the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050; funding the implementation of "digital transformation" in the province; at the same time, quickly carry out surveying, research, planning and investment in a number of key projects in the province in order to promote the implementation of the socio-economic development goals set out by the province.

Speaking at the Signing Ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai and Mr. Trinh Viet Hung thanked SAIGONTEL's Board of Directors. The provincial leaders said that the company's attention and facilitation will help the province have more favorable conditions to realize many of the contents set out by the Resolution of the 20th Provincial Party Congress but the highest condition is to improve the material and spiritual life of the people. They also emphasized: Thai Nguyen always wants and creates all the best conditions for investors to rest assured to invest, expand production and business in the province; The investor success is also the success of the province. Therefore, they expected that SAIGONTEL and its partners will continue to pay attention and learn to implement projects in the province.

From an investor's viewpoint, Thai Nguyen is considered a gateway for economic exchanges between the midland and mountainous region and the Northern Delta with synchronously developed infrastructure, convenient transportation in the province to link with regions and potential convergence to become an industrial development city, an attractive destination for many large domestic and foreign investment/manufacturing corporations. In particular, in the context that Vietnam, after two times of good control of the epidemic, has been interested by investors around the world with the image of "Vietnam - a worth of living, worth of investing country ", is expected to creating a large wave of investment displacement into Vietnam in the coming years.

Mr. Trinh Viet Hung, Provincial Party Committee Deputy Secretary, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and Ms. Nguyen Cam Phuong, General Director of SAIGONTEL signed the contract.

Through the commitment to sponsor the provincial planning and the implementation of a number of key projects in the province this time, SAIGONTEL hopes to quickly build a development strategy for the province within a 10-year, 30-year vision. At the same time, SAIGONTEL will also coordinate with its partners Microsoft and NGS to support the province in implementing "Digital Transformation" applying IT in state management and implementing a digital working environment in the province. aims to build a "smart city" following the world trend and contribute to making Thai Nguyen province a "golden focus" for industrial real estate development, creating a breakthrough in the FDI race.

Links to websites that post information about the event:

1. Thai Nguyen TV: https://thainguyentv.vn/thoi-su-thai-nguyen-ngay-20012021-13867.media?zarsrc=31&utm_source=zalo&utm_medium=zalo&utm_campaign=zalo&fbclid=IwAR0Ak8Zd0SM7YSnfOmcdmmyAPDzacBM7UnJyT7DHEq-hl8OAqiA2I3rwos0
2. Thainguyen.gov.vn: http://thainguyen.gov.vn/thoi-su/-/asset_publisher/L0n17VJXU23O/content/ky-ket-hop-tac-giua-ubnd-tinh-thai-nguyen-va-cong-ty-co-phan-cong-nghe-vien-thong-sai-gon
3. Thai Nguyen TV: https://thainguyentv.vn/ky-ket-hop-tac-tai-tro-kinh-phi-lap-quy-hoach-tinh-thai-nguyen-va-thuc-hien-chuyen-doi-so-83075.html
4. Thai Nguyen Newpapers: http://m.baothainguyen.vn/tin-tuc/thoi-su-trong-tinh/ky-ket-hop-tac-tai-tro-kinh-phi-lap-quy-hoach-tinh-va-chuyen-doi-so-280637-205.html
5. Vnanet.vn: https://vnanet.vn/vi/anh/anh-thoi-su-trong-nuoc-1014/ubnd-tinh-thai-nguyen-va-saigon-tel-ky-ket-hop-tac-5244109.html
6. Doanhnhan.vn: https://doanhnhan.vn/saigontel-tai-tro-tinh-thai-nguyen-lap-quy-hoach-chuyen-doi-so-37055.html
7. Bnews.vn: https://bnews.vn/thai-nguyen-hop-tac-voi-saigontel/184352.html

Communication Department