Viettel award for breakthrough technology ideas
The Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) held its Innovative-me 2024 Award Ceremony on August 21 to celebrate the company's best new technology ideas.
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| The highest award this year, Best of Innovative-me 2024, belongs to the Lumitel human resources group, the Viettel brand in Burundi. (Photo courtesy of Viettel) |
The highest award was for developing an application to support refugees in Burundi.
Innovative-me is Viettel's internal award, held annually to promote the spirit of innovation and search for breakthrough technologies.
Any of its 70,000 employees from 38 agencies, units, and ten markets worldwide can participate and turn their ideas into reality.
The projects presented at Innovative-me 2024 are breakthrough technologies with the potential to have a great social impact in the fields of digital technology, information security, defence, and sustainable development.
The highest award this year, Best of Innovative-me 2024, belongs to the Lumitel human resources group, the Viettel brand in Burundi, with the idea of a digital platform connecting people at Kavumu refugee camp - the largest refugee camp in Burundi, with local authorities and people, along with international organisations such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Viettel recorded 464 innovative ideas from its staff last year and in the first six months of this year.
(Source: VNA)
