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FPT Malaysia cooperates with five strategic
partners
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A signing ceremony was held between FPT
Malaysia and five partners, including Heitech Padu, Kompakar,
Pernec, Sains, and Solsis at the Boulevard Hotel, Mid
Valley, Kuala Lumpur on November 25.
The five partners are large companies
in Malaysia and have been identified by FPT Malaysia as
strategic partners next year.
The Vietnamese ambassador to Malaysia, the
Malaysian Minister of International Trade & Industry
attended as the VIP guests of the ceremony. |
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FPT
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Aiming to improve services to meet the
demands of its global customers, FPT Software will change
its personnel and organizational structure with the
establishment of four new subsidiary companies, 100% owned
by FPT Software, namely:
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FPT Software Engineering Ltd.
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FPT Software Worldwide Ltd.
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FPT Software R&D Ltd.
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FPT Software Direct Marketing Solutions
Ltd.
All four companies will be headquartered in
Hanoi. The change is effective from 1st January 2010.
Further information about the four companies
please refer to our website
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FPT
USA launches IT Panel Discussion at “Meet Vietnam” in the USA |
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An IT Panel Discussion named
"Beyond the Usual Suspects: Vietnam's
Emergence as Asia's next Software Powerhouse" hosted by
Agilis Solutions, FPT, VINASA (Vietnam Software Association)
and the SD Forum took place in San Franciso, on November
16th.
The discussion was a special opportunity for
Vietnamese software companies to establish relationships
with many new companies in the USA, and for U.S companies to
learn more about Vietnam’s software industry.
The “Meet Vietnam” program was held in San
Francisco, California, from November 15-16 as part of
activities to promote Vietnam’s external economic activities
and educational cooperation in the States. |
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FPT embedded workshop successfully ends |
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The first embedded workshop of FPT organized in
Tokyo, Japan on November 18th 2009 drew 36 invited guests
coming from 20 famous companies in Japan such as Panasonic,
Sharp, Canon, Toshiba, NTT, Hitachi, Kyocera, etc.
An impressive part of the workshop was the
presentation about Android, which showed FPT’s ability of
approaching, researching, and developing the newest
technologies.
In the recent years, FPT has researched
and gotten the first achievements with 5 Labs of image
process technology and multimedia, new technologies and
applications for mobile phone, VLSI, CAD/CAM, and universal
technologies and applications. |
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FPT receives
Dr. Chris horn |
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On November 18, FPT leaders welcomed the Irish
ICT enterprise delegation, led by the Irish Ambassador to
Vietnam, Ms. Maeve Collins, and Doctor Chris Horn, who is
influential in both Ireland’s and the global ICT industry.
The delegation and FPT leaders discussed
the potential and opportunity for cooperation.
Dr. Chris Horn is the co-founder and
Director of IONA Technologies Company, headquartered in
Dublin, Ireland. He led the company to fifth among IPO
companies in the history of Nasdaq in 1997, and the Company
subsequently became one of the leading global software
companies, by revenue. |
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Vietnam continuously among top ten software outsourcing
countries
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Vietnam ranks ninth among the top 10 nations for outsourcing
in the world, according to a recent survey by the Tholons -
Global Services Group.
Ho Chi Minh City continues to be selected by Tholons -
Global Services as one of the world’s six leading cities in
application development and management as well as game and
cartoon development.
Tholons is a leading full-service Strategic Advisory firm
for Global Outsourcing and Investments, providing location
analysis and strategic growth & expansion services for
outsourcing providers and buyers.
(Source: VietNamNet)
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Hanoi, HCM City to top world’s cities in economic growth |
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) are projected to come
first and second in the top 30 fastest growing cities with
an annual average GDP growth rate of 7% over the period
2008-2025, according to research conducted by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).
The research, published in the UK’s Economic Outlook
magazine in an article named “Which are the largest city
economies in the world and how this might change by 2025”,
provided estimates for the growth of GDP in the world’s
major city economies from 2008 to 2025. It covered 151
cities around the world, including Vietnam’s two biggest
cities.
(Source: Vietnamplus)
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Five bills adopted at NA session |
National Assembly deputies on November 23rd approved five
bills covering the elderly, medical treatment,
telecommunications, radio frequencies and militia.
Under the newly-adopted Elderly Law, Vietnamese citizens who
are 60 years old and over are regarded as the elderly.
Meanwhile, the new Law on Medical Treatment creates
favorable conditions for medical workers to increase their
professional skills and meet the public’s increasing demand
for medical check-ups and treatment. The Telecommunications
Law is applied to organisations and individuals who are
engaged in telecom services. The Law on Radio Frequencies
makes clear the specific duties and rights of the Ministry
of Information and Communications, which is assigned to
manage radio frequencies in Vietnam. Finally, the Law on
Militia stipulates that both men (aged between18-45) and
women (between 18-40) are obliged to join the militia during
peacetime.
(Source: VOV)
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French, Vietnamese businesses sign deals worth US$9.5 billion |
Eighteen
investment and cooperative agreements, worth US$9.5 billion,
were signed by Vietnamese and French businesses at the
Vietnamese-French business leaders' forum in Hanoi on
November 13th.
The forum was held on the occasion of French Prime Minister
Francois Fillon’s visit to Vietnam.
France tops the list of leading European countries investing
in Vietnam and is Vietnam’s third biggest European trade
partner, with two-way trade reaching US$1.8 billion last
year. France now has about 250 companies operating in
Vietnam.
(Source: Sai Gon Giai
Phong)
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HIGHLIGHTED NUMBER |
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US$12.6 million |
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is the total value of the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
contract which FPT Information Systems signed with Vietnam
National Petroleum Corporation (Petrolimex) on November
13th. This is the biggest ever contract awarded in Vietnam’s
ERP field. |
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The
signing ceremony of FPT Malaysia and five strategic partners
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FPT Software enters eventful sport season |
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At the end of November, FPT Software’s Autumn – Winter
Football Cup 2009 is launched with 15 teams
participating. The teams were separated into 3 groups and
are expected to bring their spectators excited matches.
Meanwhile, all staff members can register to take part in
the contests of badminton, table tennis, and shuttlecock
kicking. The various sports are expected to draw large
crowds of FPT Software spectators, heating up the atmosphere
during the forthcoming cold winter. |
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Vietnam’s
National History Museum to be a showplace |
The final design (by Nikken Sekkei Ltd.) for the National
History Museum was chosen by the Ministry of Culture, Sports
and Toursism from among 18 designs offered for public
comments.
The design by by Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
The museum project will be a complex of buildings, housing
the current Vietnam History Museum and the Vietnam
Revolution Museum in Hanoi.
This will be the largest museum in Vietnam, exhibiting items
about Vietnam’s history from ancient times to the present
day. It will become a modern cultural landmark, and
Vietnam’s largest socio-historical museum.
(Source: Vietnamnet)
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