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FPT CORNER |
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FPT Software shares experiences of CMMi-5
IMPLEMENTATION with Vietnam’s IT community |
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On July 10, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
was signed in which FPT Software will hand over a materials
package outlining its experiences on approaching and
applying CMMi level 5, and achieving CMMi-5
compliance, to Vietnam’s Information Technology (IT)
community through the Ministry of Information and
Communications (MIC). The package includes process documents
and quality management software open source.
The MOU expresses FPT Software’s wish to
promote and support Vietnam’s IT enterprises to apply the
CMMi standard to improve the production process, as well as
the hope of together building the national brand of
Vietnam’s software industry, which is a popular destination
for software outsourcing.
Representatives at the MOU signing ceremony
were the MIC’s head of IT department and FPT Software’s
deputy general director, witnessed by the Vice Minister of
MIC Mr. Nguyen Minh Hong and FPT Chairman Mr. Truong Gia
Binh, as well as other managers of FPT Corporation and FPT
Software. |
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FPT Software Malaysia celebrates first
anniversary |
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FPT Software Malaysia (FMAS) celebrated its
first year of business on July 13.
The party in Malaysia on the day was a chance
for FMAS managers and staff to meet and express their thanks
to customers who had cooperated and supported FMAS during
its first year. iPerintis was honored as the Customer of the
Year and Mr. Joseph AP Heathcote was named Visionary Man of
the Year during the FMAS celebration ceremony.
FPT Software Malaysia was established in 2008
with the aim of promoting better service to FPT Software’s
existing large customers in Malaysia, as well as developing
the Malaysian market. |
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FPT telecom opens its biggest data center in
Ho Chi Minh City |
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FPT Telecommunications International (FTI)
opened its largest data center in Ho Chi Minh City on July
2. The center is funded by FPT Telecom of FPT Corporation.
The center, in HCMC’s Tan Thuan Export
Processing Zone, covers 3,000sq.m and can contain up to
3,500 servers meeting the standards of the
Telecommunications Industry Association. It has a
multi-layered security system to ensure the safety of
customer’s information.
FTI General Director Nguyen Van Khoa said the
center would meet the needs of different market segments,
from customers hosting small systems and simple applications
to banking, finance, insurance, foreign customers and
digital content service providers (online games and
electronic newspapers).
FPT’s four data centers are split between
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. They are linked by a high speed
transmission system which satisfies the strict requirements
of backup, data recovery and risk prevention.
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FPT Information Systems signs first contract
with Huawei |
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A contract of integration was signed recently
between FPT Information System (FIS) and Huawei, one of
China’s leading producers of telecommunications equipment.
FIS hopes this is the first step towards increased
cooperation with other firms which Huawei are cooperating
with in Vietnam's telecommunications market.
The integration contract includes selling the
host computer SUN, and carrying out the software
installation service and development for the end-user, who
is the mobile information company VMS. The operation
duration is estimated to be eight weeks. 80% of the contract
value is software and services. |
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VIETNAM
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New law governs hi-tech sector
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Vietnam has taken a further step in developing the legal
framework for the country's hi-tech sector with the new Law
on High Technology taking effect on July 1.
According to the National Assembly’s Committee for Science,
Technology and the Environment, the Law shows Vietnam’s
determination in developing its hi-tech industry, by
creating a legal foundation for foreign investors who are
interested in Vietnam's hi-tech sector. It also provides a
coordinated legal foundation for all aspects of hi-tech
activities, from construction of infrastructure to
manufacturing, production and hi-tech education and
training.
The breakthrough of the Law is the National Hi-tech Plan,
which will be submitted by the Ministry to the Government in
August, to the Politburo in September and to the National
Assembly at its next session later this year.
(Source:
Vietnamnet)
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Vietnam's entertainment and media MARKET TO GROW FASTEST IN THE
WORLD IN 2013 |
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC),
the multinational consulting firm, predicts that Vietnam
will be the world’s fastest-growing entertainment and media
(E&M) market from 2009 to 2013.
PWC says in its annual Global Entertainment & Media Outlook,
that in the current economic downturn, Asia-Pacific is the
only region where it expects spending to grow in 2009. The
firm predicts that in Vietnam, E&M spending will grow at a
slower rate than the overall economy in the downturn phase
and then leapfrog GDP as the recovery gathers pace and
consumer spending picks up.
The value of Vietnam’s E&M market tripled in the five years
from 2004 to 2009 and is expected to exceed US$2 billion in
2013. Although in 2008, PWC ranked Vietnam as the fourth
fastest growing country for E&M, right after Saudi
Arabia/Pan Arabia, India and Indonesia, this year Vietnam
jumped to first place.
(Source: Vietnamnet)
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Prime Minister receives London’s Lord Mayor
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Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received the Lord Mayor of
the City of London in Hanoi on July 2. Lord Mayor Ian Luder
is accompanied by a delegation from the UK’s leading banking
and finance firms for a week-long working visit to Vietnam
which began on July 1.
The Prime Minister highly appreciated the visit and
expressed thanks to the UK Government for its granting of
development aid, as well as its support for Vietnam in
conducting WTO negotiations with the EU.
Lord Mayor Luder said his visit, with the participation of
some leading UK financial businesses including BP, Rolls
Royce, Prudential, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank,
indicates a keen interest on their part in the Vietnamese
market. He also conveyed UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s
confirmation of the UK Government’s support for Vietnam in
negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with the EU.
(Source: Vietnamnet)
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Vietnam launches first ground station to receive satellite
images
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The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) has
opened Vietnam’s first ground station to receive satellite
pictures in Hanoi’s Tu Liem District on July 9, after nearly
3 years of construction.
The station, the fifth of its kind in Southeast Asia, can
receive five kinds of satellite images with high
resolution.
With a total investment of more than €19.3 million (US$26.98
million), the station is part of a national project to
establish a system to monitor local natural resources and
environment. The project includes a center, which processes
satellite photos and maintains a database, as well as a
network of 17 organizations applying the database with
remote sensing technology.
(Source: Vietnamnet)
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is the number of points by which Vietnam’s business
confidence index (BCI) increased in the second quarter
compared with the first one, reaching 130 points, according
to a recent survey conducted by Vietnam World Vest Base
Financial Intelligence Services (WVB FISL) and Petro Vietnam
Finance Investment and Consultancy Company (PVFC Invest),
who surveyed 192 companies in 11 key sectors. |
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PHOTOS |
The
signing ceremony of handing over the materials package outlining the
experiences of CMMi level 5 between FPT Software and Vietnam's IT community
on July 10
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FPT Software staff join in significant charity program
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In support of the huge Operation Smile charity program,
supported by FPT Software, many of its staff registered to
volunteer for the program.
As volunteers, they will support the program’s organization;
writing clinical reports, coordinating patients on the day
of screening examinations, playing and talking with patients
before coming into the operating-room, or guiding the
directions for them, for example.
FPT Software staff played with unlucky children in the first
day of operation
The volume of participation by FPT Software staff shows
their vigorous support for the Company’s significant charity
activities. Operation Smile is a multinational charity
program which provides free surgery for children who have
cleft lips and cleft palates. FPT Software has given most of
the money raised from one program in a series to Operation
Smile to celebrate its 10th anniversary. |
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Hanoi to plant cherry blossom trees in City streets |
Hanoi City People’s Committee has approved a plan to receive
young cherry blossom trees and plant them in Hanoi’s
streets.
Recently, Hanoi has carried out test planting of cherry
blossom trees, which were offered as presents by Japan, in
some parks and streets, and got satisfactory results.
The appearance of cherry blossom in Hanoi’s streets will
feature during the anniversary ceremony of the 1000th year
Thang Long – Hanoi, and promote friendly cooperation and
relations between the people of Vietnam and Japan.
(Source: VnExpress)
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