The US Department of Commerce (DOC) supports the project to turn Vietnam into a strong information technology (IT) nation and promote the application of e-government. This was confirmed by representatives from DOC at a reception for Minister of Information and Communication Le Doan Hop during his visit to the US from June 9-14. The visit [...]
With leading software companies signing a slew of foreign contracts, the industry is eyeing a 60 per cent growth rate this year. The industry said the market has shown signs of strong recovery since last year. Analysts attributed the increase in foreign deals to Viet Nam’s capabilities in areas like information and communications technology, factory [...]
This year will mark the 15th year of IBM operation in the country. Thieu Phuong Nam, the deputy country general manager, spoke to Viet Nam News about the local ICT market and where he saw it going in the next five years. IBM has been in Viet Nam for almost 15 years. How has the [...]
In the hope of becoming an information and communications technology (ICT) powerhouse within 10 years, Viet Nam will continue to create favourable conditions for investors. Announcing this, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said Viet Nam needed international partners to help build infrastructure and organise technology transfer. Nguyen Trong Duong, director of the Ministry of [...]
Despite its huge potential, the software industry has failed to develop as rapidly as it could have. The decade-old industry has some impressive achievements, including an increase in revenue every year. Its turnover last year was 20 times the 2001 figure while its workforce had grown 10 times. Viet Nam has also become an important [...]
Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have not yet tapped into information technology (IT) to improve their business performance, despite their huge numbers and contribution to their respective country’s GDP, the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said. VCCI’s recent report showed that IT usage among Vietnamese SMEs remains limited to using emails [...]
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