At present, Viettel is the only mobile network in Vietnam helping their customers to purchase applications, games from the Google Play app market in easy way. Viettel's mobile account is an additional payment alternatives official app store on Android operating system, parallel to the old mode of payment such as Visa or Master Card.

To use the new feature, users simply enable Viettel Telecom Billing in their account on Google Play. In the first time set up, the basic information will be additional requirements such as address, postal code,... The authentic toll payment is done through free SMSs. After completing the procedures, customers can buy right apps, games, or download content on Google Play market. The transaction amount is deducted directly in the original account of prepaid customers, or in the bill of postpaid customers.

"Apps, games and digital content is considered the soul of the smartphone. However, the mode of payment via Visa/Master card is the biggest barrier for Vietnamese users can access to mainstream content. Customers should look for the third party source which has potential security risks or disclose personal information. By partnering with Google, Viettel customers have the opportunity to reach mainstream content sources, reliability and safety ", said by Nguyen Viet Dung, General Director of Viettel Telecom.

Using mobile account to purchase on Android smartphones is an important step forward in improving the experience and enhances safety for Android smartphone users in Vietnam. According to Appota Inc., the Android operating system takes 63% market share of mobile operating systems in Vietnam by the end of 2015, well ahead of the next two opponents are iOS (31%) and Windows Phone (6% ). Millions of Android phones from many different manufacturers to cover the entire market segment, from high class to $ 1,000 on the under segment - 100USD. That is the reason why people who using Android is very diverse. Due to the specific conditions in Vietnam, not everyone has a credit card to be able to purchase apps, games or official content from the app market. The install software from sources provided by 3rd party risks that spread malicious code, editing software, are increased. Hence, this connection with Google would be a pioneering step in the use of copyrighted software.

Currently, this service is being tested in February 2016. The Google account will be opened each section to use the account payment channel through Viettel. After this time, all of the Google Play account can use the service.

This is a service that really brings the convenience for customers, especially with the young population in Vietnam today, we can fully trust in the future with pioneering services of Viettel in such information technology sectors.