April 20, 2024
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Vietnamese telecom company network has North Korea plans: CEO

News of DPRK expansion plans first emerged in 2009

Vietnam's largest telecom company continues to be interested in entering the North Korean cellular phone network market, the company's CEO and President said an interview with Reuters on Friday.

"We first sought permission from North Korea to build a mobile network there in 2010," Viettel's Le Dang Dung said.

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