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FPT Software certificated ISO/TS 16949
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In January 2010, FPT Software was officially
recognized for its Embedded Software Development capacity by
receiving the ISO/TS 16949 certificate, becoming the first
software company in Vietnam to receive this.
ISO/TS 16949 is an international quality
assurance standard applied for all manufacturers in the
global car industry and is based on ISO9001.
The certificate will create more
advantages for FPT Software to do business with Freescale,
the largest supplier of engine system microcontrollers in
the world. The certification affirms that FPT Software is
fully capable in software outsourcing in the automotive
field, which demands high standards of quality and
punctuality. |
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Neopost
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Neopost, FPT Software's biggest customer in
2009, and FPT Software will celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of
the Neopost Offshore Research & Development Center (ORDC) on
1st March in Hanoi.
Top leaders from both sides will
participate in the ceremony, including Mr. Jean Michel
Kounowski (HR Director of Neopost R&D), Mr. Jerome Modolo
(Program Manager of the Neopost ORDC), Mr. Rashid Ali Khan
(Director of Software Quality Assurance of Neopost ORDC)
from Neopost, and Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nam (FPT Software Chairman), and many other high
ranking leaders from FPT.
The ORDC was established on February 1st
2008. It has 80 staff members in 2009 and it is planned that
the number of staff will reach 120 by 2010. |
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FPT
Software shareholder AGM to be held in March |
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After the last periodic meeting of the Board of
Directors, it has been decided that FPT Software’s Annual
General Meeting of shareholders will be held on 20th March
2010.
During the meeting, the Board of Directors
also passed the 2009 business report and 2010 business plan.
The methods of using the remaining profit of year 2009 and
issuing preferred stocks to the Company’s staff have also
been set. In 2009, FPT Software achieved revenue of VND756
billion (an increase of 6% compared with 2008); Net profit
is VND209 billion (a decrease of 7% compared with 2008). It
plans to achieve revenue of VND1,050 billion and net profit
of VND290 billion in 2010. |
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FPT Software to launch “Games for Mobile”
Festival |
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A Festival of Games for mobiles will be held
by FPT Software, expected in the beginning of March. The
Festival aims to spread the image of FPT’s own mobile phone
line, namely F-mobile, to the community, seek talent of game
and application development, and popularize FPT’s strategy
of “Synergy to Go mass”*.
In the Festival, game developers are going to
have the opportunity to meet and share experiences together,
and seek cooperation opportunities to develop games for FPT.
A contest, named “Application ideas for
mobile phones”, will also be organized by FPT to discover
the best and most practical ideas from the public to put
into use.
(*): It is a strategy of FPT, aiming to unite
forces of many units and divisions to bring FPT
products/services to the masses. The products/services will
be integrated by FPT existing services. It is dreamed
that FPT image will present daily and for hours together
with millions of consumers and households. |
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Japan supports Vietnam's infrastructure
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The Japanese Government is teaming up with domestic
companies to build, operate and maintain infrastructure
facilities in Asia and other emerging markets, including
Vietnam, the Nikkei Daily reported.
Japan will carry out three infrastructure projects worth
JPY75 billion in total in Vietnam as their first such
undertaking.
The three projects, which are expected to be officially
awarded by the Vietnamese Government as early as next month,
include the construction of a water system covering all of
Hanoi; the installation of intelligent transportation
systems on a highway linking Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City; and
the construction of a biomass power plant on the outskirts
of Ho Chi Minh City.
(Source: Vietnamnet)
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2010 set to be a year of low cost houses |
It is smaller cheaper houses that will sell
well in 2010 according to property experts. The demand for
apartments priced at VND15 million (about US$800) per square
meter or lower is believed to be very high.
According to Deputy Minister of Construction
Nguyen Tran Nam, in 2010, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi plan to
market 7,000-10,000 apartments for low and medium income
earners. As such, analysts believe that the apartments will
sell like hot cakes as soon as they are launched onto the
market.
Anticipating a high demand for apartments
with low prices in the post-economic downturn period, many
real estate developers have focused on low cost apartment
projects. To date, real estate developers have registered
263 low cost projects. Once operational, the projects will
provide 205,380 apartments to serve the housing demands of
821,520 people.
(Source: Vietnamnet)
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Vietnam
sets its sights on dominating Cambodia’s telecom market
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Vietnam’s largest telecommunication and
information technology groups, such as Viettel, FPT and VTC,
are looking to Cambodia with expansion in mind.
Viettel launched the Metfone mobile network one
year ago. After six months, Viettel Cambodia topped the
networks, accounting for 42% of the total number of base
transceiver stations (BTS), and 88% of the total optical
cable, and came second in the number of subscribers in
Cambodia.
FPT Telecom has been involved in the telecom
business in Cambodia for six months, mainly by selling
frequency bands at Vietnam-Cambodia border gates. FPT’s
general director Nguyen Thanh Nam said that it is time for
FPT Telecom to enter Cambodia to directly serve users. The
Company plans to cooperate with Mekong Net, one of the two
biggest Cambodian IT firms.
Most recently, VTC Group introduced the VTC
Online Cambodia Company and its first products and services
for the Cambodian market.
The Cambodian is potential and advantageous for
Vietnam's enterprises due to the long relationship between
the two countries.
(Source: Vietnamnet)
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of businesses sell goods and services using online trade
systems, and 98% use the Internet, according to a survey of
more than 2,000 businesses in Vietnam last year, conducted
by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The Ministry
forecasted a boom of E-commerce in Vietnam in 2010. |
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PHOTOS |
FPT Software Chairman Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nam, Program Manager of the Neopost ORDC
Mr. Jerome Modolo and other high ranking leaders of the two sides in the
anniversary ceremony
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Let’s shine with FPT Software ladies |
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A gala evening named “Let’s shine” in
celebration of International Women’s Day, will be held by
FPT Software on March 6, 2010 at the Melia Hotel, Hanoi.
The program promises an exciting gala
combining classic style with the particular culture of FPT
Software. It aims to honor the Company’s female staff on
their own day.
The gala evening will include dances, a
fashion performance which will be performed by FPT Software
models, a buffet, and games. The lucky number game will
feature hot rewards, namely FPT mobile phone F-mobile.
Additionally, participants can watch, learn and join-in in a
demonstration of European classical dancing. |
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Spring festival to welcome the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long
- Hanoi |
A spring festival entitled “The 1,000th
Spring of Thang Long-Hanoi” took place around Hanoi’s Hoan
Kiem Lake on February 20.
Highlighting Hanoi’s culture, the Festival
featured an animated dragon dance, followed by a folk dance
and parading of the city’s symbol and its late president Ho
Chi Minh. A dance and martial arts along with other art
performances made it even more vibrant and colorful.
On the same day, a festival to commemorate
the legendary Mother Au Co, from whom the Vietnamese people
are said to have descended, was held in the northern
province of Phu Tho. This is an integral part of the
activities being held across the country to mark the
millennium anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
(Source: VietNamplus)
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