Viettel Joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation as a Gold Member

Media Contact Viettel to contribute deep telecom and infrastructure expertise and foster open source collaboration SAN FRANCISCO—January 7, 2026 — The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced that Viettel has joined CNCF as a Gold Member, reinforcing continued momentum to advance open source cloud native technologies. Viettel , Vietnam’s largest telecommunications and technology group and a leading cloud provider across Southeast Asia, is joining the CNCF community to help shape and support cloud native innovation. Through its investment in CNCF, Viettel is accelerating cloud native transformation for telecom, government, and enterprise environments, with a strong focus on security, data sovereignty, and large-scale production reliability. “Open source is at the heart of Viettel’s cloud strategy,” said Hieu Le, CIO of Viettel Networks. “By increasing our engagement with CNCF as a Gold Member, we aim to contribute our real-world experience operating cloud native platforms at a national scale, while collaborating with the global community to advance secure, scalable, and sovereign cloud native technologies. This collaboration directly supports our mission to deliver trusted digital infrastructure for Vietnam and the region. ” Viettel operates one of Southeast Asia’s largest open source cloud infrastructures, with extensive production deployments of OpenStack and Kubernetes supporting enterprise, government, and critical national infrastructure workloads. The company primarily focuses on cloud native networking and offers cloud computing products and services specifically designed for businesses and organizations, as well as container platforms, security isolation, AI/ML infrastructure, and edge computing. Viettel will contribute their operational expertise from telecom environments to the CNCF community. Previously, Viettel has contributed to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon events, where they have discussed how to scale cloud infrastructure in the telco space. “Viettel joining the CNCF as a Gold Member reflects their commitment to supporting the broader cloud native ecosystem,” said Jonathan Bryce, executive director, CNCF. “Their experience running Kubernetes and OpenStack at a national scale, along with active work in AI infrastructure and cloud computing, brings a key operational perspective from Southeast Asia.