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Japan to recruit 30,000 IT engineers, a chance for Vietnam

 Japan might need to recruit 30,000 foreign Information Technology (IT) engineers in the next four years to work in the country especially from India and Vietnam.

VN needs road map for ending 2G service

 Viet Nam needs a road map for full termination of second generation network (2G) services and adopting 4G as around 65 per cent of Vietnamese are still using 2G.

Vietnam Gov't prepares IT tax incentives

Deputy PM Vu Van Ninh has asked the Finance Ministry to complete a draft resolution on tax incentives for IT firms and collect suggestions from relevant ministries and the Ministry of Justice for submission to the Government this month.

Vietnam’s Silicon Valley dream challenged

VietNamNet Bridge - The plan to build Da Nang Information Technology Park, which is part of Vietnam’s dream to create its own Silicon Valley, remains on paper. 

HCM City uses more IT in public services

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City has increased the use of information technology in public administration, helping usher in e-governance, according to a Government report.

Youth makes sure his community gets IT

 VietNamNet Bridge – A young man from the Chil ethnic minority has dedicated himself to shepherding his community into the digital age by providing free computer lessons for children.

Most VN firms plan to use virtual technology

Around 91 per cent of businesses in Viet Nam expect to virtualise at least 30 per cent of their IT infrastructure in the next two year, according to a survey conducted by VMware Inc .

Vietnam seeks qualified workers for manufacturing sector

VietNamNet Bridge – The growing tendency of multi-nationals to relocate their factories from neighboring countries to Vietnam has led to increased demand for medium- and high-ranking personnel.

IT can help cut traffic accidents by half

VietNamNet Bridge – Information Technology (IT) applications can help reduce traffic accidents by half and considerably ease traffic flow, a leading figure in the IT industry says.

Information systems may die of neglect, experts warn

The majority (81 percent) of agencies and organizations in Vietnam allow their workers access to local networks with their personal mobile devices, while 74 percent do not have any solution to ensure information security and control mobile devices.

Summit to look at IT in agriculture industry

VietNamNet Bridge – The upcoming Asian-Oceania regional summit on information and communication technology is expected to jump-start the application of ICT in the agriculture sector, organisers said on Thursday.

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School principals reluctant to make IT a compulsory subject

VietNamNet Bridge – Educators have suggested that informatics be added to the list of compulsory subjects at schools but principals are opposed to the idea.

Silicon Valley dream in Vietnam is coming true

The emergence and expansion of international technology corporations in Vietnam in the past two years shows an important shift in investment. The Vice President of the Vietnam Association of Foreign Investment Enterprise talks about this trend.

Schools lack funds for IT

VietNamNet Bridge – A student at HCM City University of Agriculture and Forestry recently spent seven hours trying to register for a course on the school's website. He finally gave up, and later discovered that the class had closed

Foreign investors flirt with IT start-ups

VietNamNet Bridge – Increasing numbers of exciting business start-ups in Vietnam are grabbing the attention of adventurous investors who are looking to further ignite the local and regional merger and acquisition market.

IT firms to benefit from rule allowing state agencies to use outsourcing

 VietNamNet Bridge – With the Prime Minister having allowing state agencies to use outsourced services, information technology (IT) firms hope they will get more jobs in the time to come.

Young workers adopt smartphones

 VietNamNet Bridge – As many as 77 per cent of young employees surveyed in Viet Nam have used their smartphones to manage business affairs during the past year, according to a study organised by leading cloud service provider VMware.

IT earnings up 48 per cent

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Information Technology (IT) sector earned US$37 billion in revenues in 2013, up 48 per cent year on year, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has estimated.

Sales of smartphones fall amid consumer concerns about resale prices

Price cuts on smartphones have hurt some distributors as potential buyers have canceled purchase plans for fear that prices will drop even further.