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 The Vietnamese National Institute of Software and Digital Content was launched in Hanoi on Oct. 27.
The
institute was established under the Prime Minister’s Decision No.
901/2007/QD-TTg and commenced operations in May 2008, with Dr. Hoang Le
Minh working as the Institute Director.
It will carry out
research projects and participate in the development and implementation
of strategies, policies, and developmental projects for highly-skilled
personnel in the IT and communications industries, and the development
and transfer of technology in the production of software and other
digital products, as well as supplying a range of industry-relevant
services.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan sent a
letter of greetings to the institute, expressing his hope that the
institute will combine its efforts with other Vietnamese institutes in
order to carry out research and design a range of software products at
lower costs than those that are currently imported, to be used in
various agencies, businesses and schools. The institute is expected to
help accelerate the development of the Vietnamese software industry,
along with increasing the production of outsourced software for export.
Over the past five months, the institute has completed its
recruitment of qualified, managerial-level and skilled workers. It has
been contracted to carry out a ministerial-level research project, plus
a further project in conjunction with Microsoft Vietnam’s Fund for
Software Industry Development.
On this occasion, the institute
signed memorandums of understanding on cooperation with the US-based
company, Laserfiche, the Canadian company QGS and Japan’s T-SS Security
Systems.
It also committed itself to long-term comprehensive cooperation with the Vietnam Business and Software Association.
Vietnamnet (28/10/2008)
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