VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Information and Communications on Wednesday, August 13 appointed Mr. Le Nam Tra as MobiFone's general director.

From the left: Former CEO Mai Van Binh, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son and new CEO Le Nam Tra.

He will replace Mai Van Binh who was appointed as the company's chairman on June 26 by the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT).

Tra, born in 1961, graduated from the Hanoi University of Science and Technology. He has been working for the second largest Vietnamese mobile network operator for more than 20 years.

Tra was MobiFone's deputy general director and director of the company's mobile centre in HCM City before his appointment as general director.

MobiFone was separated from VNPT on July 1, and is now being managed by the Ministry of Information and Communications. In the first seven months of this year, the firm earned VND20.2 trillion (nearly US$962 million) in revenue, with a profit of VND4.6 trillion ($219 million).

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