{
  "id": 14899723,
  "title": "Viettel America joins OpenAI Partner Network as Select Partner",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/viettel-america-joins-openai-partner-network-as-select-partner",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-16T07:17:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Vietnam Investment Review",
    "slug": "vietnam-investment-review",
    "url": "https://vir.com.vn/viettel-america-joins-openai-partner-network-as-select-partner-163019.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Santa Clara, Calif. – Viettel America Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of the Vietnamese telecommunications and technology giant Viettel Group, has been designated a Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network. This prestigious designation places Viettel America among a global network of companies specializing in AI solutions built, sold, and delivered through OpenAI's frontier models and products. The OpenAI Partner Network fosters collaboration among partners with industry expertise, delivery capabilities, and extensive customer relationships. By becoming a Select Partner, Viettel America will continue to assist organizations in responsibly and effectively adopting OpenAI's cutting-edge technologies, such as GPT-6 Astra. This powerful model boasts advanced reasoning and computer-use capabilities, enabling the execution of intricate workflows from initiation to completion. Nguyen Van Phuong, Director of Viettel America, emphasized that this partnership aligns with Viettel's global \"Go Global\" strategy. The company aims to merge frontier AI technologies with its existing deployment presence across markets worldwide. By joining forces with OpenAI, Viettel America is dedicated to transforming foundational technologies into secure and practical solutions, ultimately driving measurable results for enterprises and institutions across various sectors, including telecommunications, technology, and beyond. Viettel Group boasts a robust history in telecommunications, digital infrastructure, data centers, and enterprise technology, serving clients in the telecommunications, technology, and other enterprise industries. With operations spanning Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Viettel America will leverage its extensive technological ecosystem to apply AI to real-world business and public-sector applications. Moving forward, Viettel America intends to amplify its AI capabilities, bolster its technical proficiency, and collaborate with various organizations to develop and scale practical AI solutions tailored to meet market demands.",
  "summary": "Telecommunications provider Viettel Group announced that its U S subsidiary Viettel America joined the OpenAI Partner Network to expand enterprise artificial intelligence deployments",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}