One kilo of gold to make one Sim card

Mobile network operator Vietnamobile has introduced a gold Sim card weighing one kilogram plus that is recognized in the Vietnam Record book as the biggest gold Sim in the country.

Mobile network operator Vietnamobile has introduced a gold Sim card weighing one kilogram plus that is recognized in the Vietnam Record book as the biggest gold Sim in the country.

The Sim, made from 27.7 taels of 9999 gold and worth VND1 billion or about US$50,000, is the special prize for the luckiest person in Vietnamobile’s New Year promotion program called “Speak your way to gold.”

Vietnamobile CEO Elizabete Fong (L) introduces the gold Sim weighing 1kg plus in Hanoi on Dec. 20, 2010 (Photo: Thuy Hoa)
Vietnamobile CEO Elizabete Fong (L) introduces the gold Sim weighing 1kg plus in Hanoi on Dec. 20, 2010 (Photo: Thuy Hoa)

Vietnamobile users will have a chance to win up to thousand of bonuses every day and the privilege to be the owner of the Vietnam Record gold Sim. It will be awarded at the end of the campaign by a lucky draw in search for the luckiest person.

It is 20 centimeters long and 11.8 cm wide. The network's prefixes -- 092 and 0188 -- are curved on the Sim.

The program runs from Dec. 20, 2010 to Feb. 28, 2011 and is applicable nationwide to all Vietnamobile pre-paid subscribers.
Vietnamobile will also present many other prizes and bonuses to those pre-paid subscribers who join the program.

Remarking the gold Sim, Mr. Cao The Anh, representative of the Vietnam Guinness Center in Hanoi, said: “The idea of the biggest gold Sim in Vietnam is truly creative. What’s more surprised is that this record will be offered to the luckiest customer in the Tet promotion program.

“I believe there won’t be any more happiness and astonishment to win this prize on the very beginning of the year,” he added.

Speaking at the introduction of the gold Sim in Hanoi Dec. 20, Vietnamobile CEO Elizabete Fong said, “Vietnamobile is about to welcome our 2nd Tet in Vietnam… Talk of gold is our special Tet promotion program and also our sincere gratitude to our customers.”

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