VietNamNet Bridge – Under the current regulations, the firms which implement software outsourcing contracts cannot enjoy the tax incentives designed for software production firms.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Low cost smart phone users have been warned that they are facing high risks. They may have data stolen, information exposed or lose money in accounts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has become the name that many countries in the world will consider when they look for reliable partners to implement software development projects.

 VietNamNet Bridge – There have been 18 investment deals involving Vietnamese IT firms in the first nine months of 2013 amid the backdrop of the ongoing economic crisis,

 VietNamNet Bridge – The software piracy rate in Vietnam is projected to decline from 81% to 70% in the next five years and to 60% five years later, according to the U.S.-based Business Software Alliance (BSA).

 VietNamNet Bridge – What if you had a button on your phone that would let you turn off any device in your house, no matter where you were?

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VietNamNet Bridge – A quick inspection just launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shows software copyright violations at many companies and computer stores are still prevalent, a ministry official said.

The initial success in the software industry gives an important reason to Vietnam to continue making heavy investment in developing software products.

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Neil Fraser, a Google software engineer, said Vietnamese high school students have the informatics knowledge good enough to go through the interview round at Google.

After years of focusing on the quantity of growth, the Quang Trung Software City has begun shifting its attention to the quality of growth and planning a Quang Trung Software City chain model.

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Penetrating and cementing firm positions in the US market means there’s great opportunities for Vietnamese software firms to approach a lot of US giants in all business fields.

 Unsecured websites and spyware were the two most serious cyber problems last year, the Back Khoa Anti-virus Centre has said in a report.

The competition in the free chat software market has become stiffer than ever with the participation of a lot of big technology groups, both foreign and domestic.

Vietnam now absolutely can replace Japan in making garments and software. However, it’s still unclear if Vietnam can grab the opportunities.

Vietnam has become the priority choice for Japanese partners when they look for the reliable partners to outsource software products. However, they keep worries about the lack of faithfulness of the workers of small software firms.

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Open source software has been used not only at local state agencies but also by organizations and enterprises.