Software-testing fair to open in City

The first Viet Nam International Software Testing and Automation Conference (VistaCon 2010) will be held in HCM City’s White Palace Convention Centre from September 20-22.

Experts who will attend include Microsoft’s test architect Bj Rollison; Jamie Tischart, a unit director of McAfee; Dr Cem Kaner, director of the testing education centre at the Florida Institute of Technology; and Nguyen Quoc Hung, chairman and CEO of LogiGear Corporation.

LogiGear Viet Nam, a subsidy of the American LogiGear Corporation, is the organiser of VistaCon 2010. Hung is also an organiser of Viet Nam’s CEO Club and CIO Club.

HCM City is considered one of the world’s top six cities in software testing, according to Global Service Media, a US-based media platform for the global outsourcing industry.

Viet Nam has ambitions of becoming a global testing destination like India and China.

At the press conference yesterday, seven winners (six from Viet Nam and one from India) of the contest on identifying software bugs were announced.

At least 270 participants from around the world joined the constest, including 39 from India, seven each from the US and South Africa, three each from the Philippines and Indonesia, and one from Romania.

The remainder were from Viet Nam. — VNS

Tags: Vietnam software industry, VistaCon 2010