The event is hosted by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) and the Vietnam-Japan IT Cooperation Club as part of activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties. During his welcome speech, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Minh Hong said that Vietnam-Japan cooperation in IT has been strengthened by state agencies and businesses, who act as a bridge between the IT associations of the two countries. Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Minh Hong delivers a speech at the event. Photo: vietnamnet.vn Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications and the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications have signed a number of agreements for comprehensive collaboration in radio frequency control, information security, ICT workforce training, and more, he noted. The two sides have accelerated the implementation of an action plan for the development of … [Read more...] about Japan ICT Day 2018 opens in Hanoi to promote Vietnam-Japan cooperation
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Benefits of Open Source Software to Business Activities
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) collaborated with the Ministry of Science and Technology and Linux International Company to hold a workshop on "Open Source and Sustainable Business" in Hanoi on August 29, 2009. This activity was part of the project "Assisting businesses to apply ICT to serve integration and development in the 2005-2010 period" that the Government assigned VCCI to implement. The event was aimed to provide knowledge of free and open source software. At the workshop, Mr Jon Maddog Hall, President and CEO of Linux International, presented the notion of free and open source software and reasons why engineers write Freedom Software and benefits of Freedom Software to business activities. He said system administrators and specialists can make money from Freedom Software as they help manage products, marketing strategies, training programmes and product consulting services. He added any one can become a specialist by downloading open source software from … [Read more...] about Benefits of Open Source Software to Business Activities
4th WITFOR 2009 opens in Hanoi
The WITFOR is initiated by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and has been organized by IFIP every other year since 2003 in cooperation with the government of the host country and many other stakeholders. The event also contributes to the World Summit of the Information Society's (WSIS) Plan of Action a step forward and to helping developing countries achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). With the theme of "ICT for Sustainable Development", WITFOR 2009 is a minister-level event with the participation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and almost 1,500 delegates who are ICT Ministers, senior policy-makers, international organizations, UN agency representatives, NGOs, academics, ICT experts and the private sector. "WITFOR 2009, organized in Hanoi, Vietnam, is an opportunity for countries to comprehensively and deeply discuss the role of ICT in resolving challenges for sustainable development such as effective usage of energy and … [Read more...] about 4th WITFOR 2009 opens in Hanoi
The 17th Vietnam ICT Development and Cooperation Conference to open in Hue
The 17th Vietnam Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Development and Cooperation Conference, entitled "Building a synchronous ICT infrastructure system aiming at serving socio-economic development", officially took place at Green Hotel, Hue City on August 30. The conference was held by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in collaboration with the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province (PPC), Vietnam Association for Information Processing (VAIP), and Ho Chi Minh City Computer Association (HCA). Addressing the conference, Mr. Nguyen Minh Hong, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications emphasized that at the 4th plenum in 2012, the 11th Party Central Committee (PCC) issued the Resolution 13-NQ/TW on building a synchronous infrastructure system in order to turn Viet Nam into a modern industrialized country by 2020, in which the PCC defined information infrastructure as a part of infrastructure system, considered IT application and development … [Read more...] about The 17th Vietnam ICT Development and Cooperation Conference to open in Hue
Vietnam’s NISCI and IBM collaborate for Cloud Computing Leapfrog
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam National Institute of Software and Digital Content Industry (NISCI) today shakes hand with IBM to promote cloud computing in Vietnam. NISCI will select IBM's hardware, software and cloud solutions and implementation services to develop a new cloud computing lab that will provide the institute with a dynamic and flexible IT infrastructure. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s NISCI and IBM collaborate for Cloud Computing Leapfrog