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First anniversary of the twin companies |
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On October 13, FPT USA (FUSA) Corp. and FPT
Australasia (FAUST) Pty. Ltd. will celebrate the first
anniversary.
With the establishment of FUSA, the USA now has become the second largest market of
FPT Software. It is planned that in the 3 months late of
2009, FUSA will try to make the US market to occupy 15 - 16
percent of FPT Software revenue in the year, and 18 - 20
percent in 2010 and 25-30 percent in 2011. The Company will
also focus on approach the giants in Fortune 1000, widen
their presence in the USA, develop the indirect sale
channel, and build teams of sales, technical sales, and
business assurance, etc.
For Australian market, some
achievements have been got, along with many difficulties are
present. FAUST’s revenue from October 2008 to date is about
AUD 1 million. It is evaluated that the market is
challenging to penetrate into.
FUSA’s headquarter is in California, and
FAUST’s in Sydney. |
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FPT Software invests in development
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FPT Software has recently approved total
investment capital of VND 6.4 billion (about US$ 356,000)
for 8 internal projects in the last quarter of 2009.
The internal investments focus on developing new services
related to the digital technology; product line
of internet security; widening the
present Share-point system to make it become a management
tool; building the applications related to the area of
direct marketing; building and commercializing the applications on the basis of
Android & iPhone; training Japanese and English for bridge engineers
for onsite work; and implementing the
Notes Migration service.
The investment program aims to carry out
FPT Software Board of Directors’ policy of “Investment for
Development”. |
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FPT becomes official distributor of Acer in
Vietnam |
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A cooperation contract was signed between FPT
Distribution Company (FDC) and Acer Group on September 29 at
Riverside Hotel, Hanoi.
According to the contract, FPT officially
becomes Acer’s distributor of its product lines, namely
laptops, desktop computers, screens, projecting peripheral
equipment, and computer components in Vietnam.
The cooperation affirms once again the first
position of FDC in the area of information technology (IT)
products distribution.
Established in 1976, Acer is one of the
biggest IT groups designing and producing personal computers
in the world. The group now has nearly 5,600 staff members
operating in 232 companies in 41 nations. |
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VIETNAM
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 First
mobile operator supplies 3G service in Vietnam
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VinaPhone has announced the launch of third-generation
technology based services from October 12, 2009. The Company
will be the first mobile operator in Vietnam providing 3G
services, just one month after it received its license from
the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Three other mobile operators who also have 3G licences,
Viettel, MobiFone and EVN Telecom-Hanoi Telecom, are testing
their 3G services and will offer these new services as soon
as possible.
(Source: Vietnamnet)
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Vietnam’s economy shows recovery |
Vietnam’s economy is beginning to show signs of recovery, as
it achieved 4.59% growth in the first nine months of the
year, with especially strong recovery in the third quarter
with 5.76%, and GDP increasing by 4.59% compared with the
same period last year. The biggest rise was recorded in the
service sector with 5.91%, followed by industry and
construction, at 4.48%, and agriculture, forestry and
fisheries, at 1.57%. The percentages are catalysts giving
impetus to boost the country’s GDP to 5-5.2% for the whole
of 2009.
However, further efforts will be needed to keep a close eye
on price hikes and the trade deficit, and to improve
people’s quality of life, which is being undermined by
natural disasters and pandemics.
(Source: Vietnam News Agency)
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Vietnam becomes Top ASEAN tile producer |
Vietnam currently has an annual production output of roughly
300 million square metres of ceramic and granite tiles,
thereby surpassing Indonesia to become the Southeast Asian
region’s largest ceramic and granite tile producer.
With this great leap, Vietnam was also recognized as the
world’s sixth-largest ceramic and granite tile producer,
according to World Ceramics magazine.
(Source: VnExpress)
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Vietnam to have first cargo transport airline |
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed in principle to
allow Trai Thien Joint Stock Co. to provide air cargo
transport services, making it Vietnam's first private
company licensed to provide only air cargo transport
services.
Trai Thien, which has registered capital of VND500 billion
(about US$28 million), will provide services on East Asian
routes.
(Source: VnExpress)
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HIGHLIGHTED NUMBER |
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is the number of places Vietnam has risen, from 61st
position to 56th, in the 2009 Global IT index, announced by
the Business Software Alliance (BSA) on October 6 in Hanoi. |
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RELAXATION |
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Fruit
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 Japanese
chanoyu at FPT Software
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On October 1, a Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu) presided
over by Professor Kuroda Hideo, Vice President of the
Omotesenke chanoyu association, Nagasaki province, and a
master of the chanoyu art, took place in FPT Building. The
tea ceremony was held in the exhibition space of FPT
Software’s artist.
Mr.
Kuroda Hideo was making tea in the exhibition space
In the chanoyu, the guests, FPT leaders and staff, enjoyed
the ceremony of making, inviting, and drinking tea, as well
as admiring the chanoyu spirit. Additionally, Professor
Hideo, as the Master of Ceremonies, performed the chanoyu
etiquettes, expressing the hospitality and the harmony
between humans, humans and nature, and humans with
furniture. |
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Quan Ho songs recognized as world intangible heritage |
Vietnam’s Quan Ho folk songs were recognised as “Intangible
Cultural Heritage” by UNESCO on September 30 at the 4th
session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage, which took place in
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Quan Họ folk songs are performed as alternating verses
between two women from one village who sing in harmony, and
two men from another village who respond with the same tune
but different lyrics.
To date Vietnam has had three such intangible cultural
heritages recognised by UNESCO. They are the Hue royal court
music, the gong area from the Central Highlands and now the
Quan ho folk songs.
(Source: Vietnamnet)
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