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COMPANY-WIDE UNIT TEST CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

With a view to improve developers’ mindset on the importance of Unit Test, as well as to enhance code quality in software projects, the Unit Test Campaign has been launched in FPT Software Hanoi from 17 August to December 2007. The Campaign involves PMs, Developers, Testers, QAs and Group Leaders.

Operation Group 1 is a good example of this campaign. The group has been running a “Plugging Unit Test flag” activity, in which the project will be marked green, yellow and red based on the quality of the Unit Test status, respectively from good to fair. The activity has proved to be effective since it has helped the project team to keep track with the Unit Test status and take timely actions if needed. 

  TWO LEADERS FROM NIKKEI COMPUTER TO VISIT FPT SOFTWARE

Mr Naoki Asamia, Publisher, and Mr. Tomio Kikyobara, Editor in Chief, of Nikkei Computer Magazine (Japan) will pay a working visit to FPT Software on September 21^st and talk with the company’s managers and staff, as well as FPT University students. The talk will address the IT status between Vietnam and Japan; and also the two countries’ co-operation opportunities in the near future, especially for embedded software.

  100 CSS POINT RECORDED FROM CUSTOMER

FPT Software has achieved 100 CSS points (Customer Satisfaction Point) in a maintenance project for a leading company in Configuration & Audit Control from Oregon, USA. The project has also helped our customer to achieve Certification from CIS (Center Internet Security). 

This 6 month-project has been recognized as a success in applying Agily Process and responding to customer’s requirements. The keys to success are believed to be policy tests training and implementation, training for localization, and flexibility in dealing with underlying challenges.

  FPT Software announces the establishment of its Global Delivery Office Department (GDO), a subsidiary of FPT Software World-wide Business, FPT Software Hanoi Branch in August 2007. The GDO is designated for client evaluation, technical queries handling, and technical solutions provision for its clients as well as co-operating with Operational Groups in projects monitoring.  

  FPT RETAIL TO OPEN 100 SHOPS NATIONWIDE

The FPT Retail Company has launched four shops retailing cell phones and laptops in HCMC and Hanoi, marking its first business activity since its establishment early this year. 

FPT Retail plans to scale up its network to 100 shops nationwide within the next two years and obtain US$400million of annual revenue. With the debut of FPT Retail, Vietnam's mobile and notebook distribution market would see fiercer competition.

 VIETNAM CORNER

 

The first US$36 million factory to support the semiconductor industry, for the GES Vietnam joint-stock Company, has been granted a license. The plant will be built in Saigon High Tech Park (SHTP), District 9 and will begin operation in September 2008 with around 500 engineers and new university graduates. The GES Vietnam joint-stock Company is a member of the US-based Global Equipment Services & Manufacturing Inc, which provides electronic equipment design, upgrades, production, and maintenance for semiconductor manufacturers.

Vietnam was chosen as the destination for the investment because of the wave of giant semiconductor manufacturers planning to invest in the country soon. Vietnam is also viewed as a stable, emerging place for investment, which will become a huge market for semiconductors, thanks to its large and young population.

According to Mr. Don Tran, General Director of GES Vietnam, it took them a shorter time to get their license granted than in Japan or Republic or Korea and without any administrative problems.

 DANANG LURES US$425 MILLION OF FRESH FDI BETWEEN JANUARY AND JULY

During the first seven months of the year, the central coastal city of Danang attracted 17 foreign investment projects, with total registered capital of nearly US$ 425 million, bringing to 108 the total number of FDI projects with a committed capital of US$1.4 billion, Tuoi Tre reports.

 EU HELPS LAUNCH OPEN SOURCE PROGRAM

A project on free and open source software (FoSS) business cooperation between Vietnam and the European Union has recently made its debut in Hanoi. The FoSS bridge project aims to promote the development of the software industry in Vietnam and the South East Asia Region as a whole, the Vietnam News Agency reports.

CHINA WINS ASIA PACIFIC ROBOCON 2007 CHAMPIONSHIP

China became the new champions of the sixth Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)’s Robot Contest 2007, held in Hanoi on August 26th 2007. The final ended quickly as China scored a resounding victory by creating a V - Victory Islands - in the court using the robots just a minute after the game had started.

Vietnam has participated in all five ABU robot contests so far and won championship titles in 2002, 2004, and 2006. In 2007, the Vietnam’s VN1 team was knocked out by the champions, but still won the prize for best idea.

FPT Corporation is a technical sponsor of the Contest.

  AIRBUS A380 VISITS HANOI

The world’s largest passenger aeroplane, the Airbus A380, landed at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport at 10.35 am on September 2nd 2007. The plane later made a 75-minute flight around Hanoi, carrying some 230 passengers.

According to Edouard Ullmo, Airbus executive Vice President for Asia-Pacific and America, the A380 is ready for flights to Vietnam.

In addition to Noi Bai, two other airports in Vietnam, namely Tan Son Nhat in Ho Chi Minh City and the central city of Danang, are ready to receive the giant plane.

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