Viettel becomes premier sponsor for MOSWC 2015

Craig Bushman, vice president of Certiport, announced Viettel as the first exclusive sponsor in MOSWC 14-year history
to participants from 80 countries in the MOSWC 2015 Finals in Dallas this morning

This makes Viettel the first exclusive sponsor of MOSWC in the competition’s 14-year history.

As the premier sponsor, Viettel’s images will appear in style in all events and publications of the World Championship this year.

Apart from that, Viettel Group’s vice president Tong Viet Trung will deliver a speech at the World Championship Prize Award Ceremony on August 12 (US time).

The MOSWC 2015 finals today assembled 150 competitors from 80 countries around the world, demonstrating their expert skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint throughout the day, in Dallas, Texas, at the Gaylord Texen Grapevine Resort.

The Vietnam team, consisting of Tran Minh Tien, competing in Microsoft Word; Pham Truong Giang, competing in Microsoft Excel; and Nguyen Thi Hien Gia, competing in Microsoft PowerPoint, completed their tests this afternoon.

Pearson VUE’s president - Bob Whelan welcomed participants in the World Finals Opening ceremony this morning,
Aug. 10 (US time) right before they began their first competition day

Tomorrow, August 12 (US time), the Vietnam team will be participating in various networking activities with other national teams from around the world.

Viettel Group is currently the largest telecommunications and technology group in Vietnam with $10 billion in revenue and over 90,000 employees (75,000 in Vietnam and 15,000 overseas).

Viettel has delivered service to over 76 million customers in over 10 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Tran Anh Tuan, deputy director of Tertiary Education Department, MOET (left); Doan Hong Nam, head of MOSWC Vietnam
organizing board (right) and the Vietnam team moments before the competition started today

“We believe information technology incorporated into education will help to remove the gap in training and give everyone access to quality educational opportunities,” said Tong Viet Trung, Viettel Group’s deputy director

“As a result, we sponsored the MOS Vietnam Championship and now the MOS World Championship to show our support to the students,” Trung added.

Viettel has made history in Vietnam by providing broadband Internet connection in full to educational institutions throughout the country with in-school Internet programmes in only two years. Since 2010, Vietnam has been named among ASEAN top groups in Internet connectivity in education.

“We are proud to have Viettel as our premier sponsor for the MOSWC. Viettel sees the value an industry-recognised certification can give to a student and they are helping others see that value as well,” said Aaron Osmond, Pearson VUE vice president of Global Certiport Offering.