Newsletter

  FPT Software receives Golden Award

On July 14, 2010, FPT Software was honored to receive the Golden Award for best Software Company and was listed one of the Top 5 leading ICT companies in Vietnam. The celebration to honor and reward the winning companies was held in Ho Chi Minh City’s Opera House.

The Golden Award and Top 5 leading ICT companies is one of the most prestigious national awards in Vietnam’s IT enterprise community. It is organized annually by the Ho Chi Minh Computer Association (HCA) , and is based on the annual revenue of participating companies.

 New Vice President of FPT Japan announced

FPT Japan (FJP) has appointed Mr. Tran Xuan Khoi, previously Managing Director of FPT Software Engineering (FSE), as Vice President of FJP. His appointment became effective on July 15, 2010.

Mr. Khoi replaces Mr. Nguyen Thanh Lam, who still participates in company management as a Management Board member. In addition, Mr. Vu Dang Khoa has taken over the Managing Director position of FSE.

Mr. Khoi joined FPT Software in 1999 and started as a software engineer, a project leader, and then became Deputy Director of Operation Group No. 2 in 2004 and Director of Operation Group No. 21 in 2006. In October 2009, he was appointed Managing Director of FSE and focused extensively on business development with key and potential customers in Japan.

 FPT to co-operate with Laos Ministry of Finance

FPT Information Systems’ (FPT IS) CEO Mr. Duong Dung Trieu and other FPT IS leaders made a two-day working visit to Vientiane, Laos along with other Vietnamese business representatives on June 29 and 30, 2010.

In cooperation with the FPT IS representative office in Laos, the delegation met and worked with Laos Minister of Finance, Mr. Somdy DOUANGDY, to discuss issues related to information technology (IT) applications and a proposal for strategic cooperation. As a result of this meeting, FPT IS has committed to support the Laos Ministry of Finance in improving its management capacity through IT applications.

On the same day, the FPT IS delegation also met with Laos Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Ms. Khemmani PHOLSENA, and Vice Chairman of the Laos Securities Commission, Mr. Akhom PRASEOUTH.

Previously, a delegation from the Laos Ministry of Finance, including the Laos Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy General Director of the State Treasury of Laos, and representatives of the World Bank in Laos, paid a visit to the FPT IS office in March 2009, and learned about the project to modernize budget and treasury management being implemented by FPT IS for the Vietnam Ministry of Finance.

 FPT participates in Computer Expo

From July 15-18, 2010, FPT participated in the Computer Expo Conference and Exhibition held in Ho Chi Minh City’s Saigon Exhibition Convention Center (SECC).

At the opening ceremony, FPT Corporation Chief Executive Officer, Nguyen Thanh Nam presented a speech “Cooperation between state and private enterprises to improve the information technology infrastructure for e-government”. In the afternoon, Hoang Minh Chau – Vice Chairman – attended the CEO & CIO Club Meeting. The evening’s “Dem Cong nghe” Gala Dinner was sponsored by FPT Corporation.

Computer Expo is an annual information technology and communications event, which includes an exhibition, conference and awards (as mentioned above, FPT Corporation received the Top 5 ICT Award).

 Vietnam is listed in Gartner’s 10 leading locations for offshore services

  Foreign investors keen on hi-tech industries

There are positive signs in the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) being pumped into hi-tech industries in Vietnam.

A representative from Intel Products Vietnam, which accounts for more than half of the total investment in Saigon Hi-Tech Park, revealed that its plant is test-running its first production line and expects to export its first chips in the third quarter of 2010. Intel decided to increase its investment in the plant to US$1 billion in 2006, making it the largest chip assembly and testing facility the US group has built anywhere in the world.

According to the management board, 86 investors have enquired about business opportunities since the beginning of 2010. Of the 42 enterprises in the park, mainly in high technologies, telecoms and precision engineering, 20 are operational and have made US$174.7 million from exports.

At Nam SaiGon Industrial Zone and Tan Thuan Export-Processing Zone, FDI hi-tech projects have recorded encouraging initial results. Worthy of note is a project to design and produce semi-conductors by Japan’s Renesas Group, which is also planning a second design centre in the Tan Thuan Export-Processing Zone. The HCM City Export-Processing and Industrial Zone also welcomed three foreign hi-tech industry investors in the first half of 2010.

These promising signs indicate that the City’s strategy to develop its hi-tech industry are in line with the Country’s policy for attracting FDI in the future, which gives top priority to hi-tech industries, including electronics, micro-electronics and biological products.

(Source: Vietnam News Agency)

  E-commerce expansion by 2015

E-commerce will be widely used by Vietnamese companies for all transactions in line with their Southeast Asian competitors by 2015.

The target is one of several in the E-commerce Development Master Plan for the 2010-15 period, which has already been approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung with the aim of strengthening the competitiveness of domestic enterprises.

By 2015, major corporations will have adopted e-commerce solutions to deal with their partners, while small- and medium-sized businesses should be using e-commerce for most of their transactions. In addition, the master plan sets customer-service targets and encourages businesses to adopt e-commerce solutions.

This approved plan also underlines the Country's need to fulfill its international obligations to provide public services and business via online provision and non-paper based trade in the fields of tax, customs, imports and exports, investment, and business registration.