Hanoi (VNA) – FPT Corporation, a leading technologyfirm of Vietnam, has reported a 22.6 percent year-on-year increase in profitbefore tax and 19.4 percent increase in revenues in the first four months ofthe year.

Accordingly, the company’s pre-tax profit reached 1.34trillion (57.43 million USD) and its revenues hit 7.79 trillion VND (333.43million USD).

The profit after tax (PAT) and PAT attributable to parentcompany’s shareholders were 1.1 trillion VND (47.63 million USD) and 887billion VND (37.96 million USD), up 21.2 percent and 22.3 percent over a year.

Earnings per share were up 21.7 percent annually at 1,446VND.

A key growth driver, the technology sector recorded revenuesand profit before tax of 4.18 trillion VND (179.18 million USD) and 536 billionVND (22.93 million USD), up 22 percent and 45.3 percent.

The software outsourcing segment had revenues of 3.13trillion VND (134 million USD), up 38.1 percent. Its profit before tax was 469billion VND (20 million USD), up 39.6 percent.

The telecom segment’s revenues and profit before tax were 3.18trillion VND (136.4 million USD) and 504 billion VND (21.57 million USD), up17.6 percent and 10.8 percent.

Overseas revenues were over 3.3 trillion VND (142.38 millionUSD), up 35.7 percent and profit before tax was 513 billion VND (21.95 millionUSD), up 33.8 percent.-VNA