The Ministry of Information and Communications held a press conference  announcing the ASEAN Information and Communication Technology Awards 2016 (AICTA), a regional prestige award attracting the participation of organizations and businesses from 10 countries in ASEAN.

The event is aimed at seeking for and honoring IT products and measures with creativity, reality application and contributing to accelerating trade between the members of ASEAN.

The 2016 AICTA will be held under the framework of the ongoing 16th ASEAN Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers Meeting (ASEAN TELMIN 2016) in November 2016 in Brunei.

The awards honor ICT products and solutions in six categories – the public sector, the private sector, corporate social responsibility, digital content, best start-up company, and R&D.

Viet Nam gained three gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal at the previous awards.

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