25 million Bangladeshis use products by FPT

On July 24, the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh organized a seminar themed “Digital Bangladesh: Opportunities and Challenges for Vietnam and Bangladesh” in order to promote cooperation between the two countries in the field of telecommunications and IT. The event witnessed the attendance of two FPT representatives including FPT Software Chairman Hoang Nam Tien and Director of FUNiX in HCMC Nguyen Thanh Lam.

At the seminar, the guests discussed such issues as digital technology, opportunities and challenges of human resources in the IT industry in Vietnam and Bangladesh, as well as cooperation opportunities on training and providing IT human resources between the two countries.

During the event, it was revealed that 25 million Bangladeshis are using the products developed by FPT. There are several large projects such as Integrated VAT administration system (IVAS) for tax authorities of Bangladesh, VAT management system, resource planning and property management software for enterprises etc. The representative of Bangladesh government also stated that large-scale IT projects made an important contribution to computerization, towards the goal of a digital country by 2021 as well as opening up many cooperation opportunities between IT companies from the two countries.

Director of FUNiX Online University in HCMC Nguyen Thanh Lam introduced FUNiX model - a solution for training a large number of IT human resources today.

Participating in the seminar, Director of FUNiX Online University in HCMC Nguyen Thanh Lam shared about the role of online education in the context of digital transformation, and introduced the online university model FUNiX - a solution for training a large number of IT human resources. Speaking at the event, FPT Software Chairman Hoang Nam Tien shared about the important role of network security at now. The two countries needed to develop technology to ensure their own network security.

According to Nguyen Thanh Lam, besides online training programs from leading technology schools, FUNiX also developed a team of thousands of mentors who are experts in the IT industry. They accompany students to share their skills and knowledge.

After 4 years of establishment, FUNiX currently has about 3,300 students of all ages from 23 countries and over 2000 mentors. "FUNIX is a university for everyone: everyone who wants to learn can learn. Those who are knowledgeable can teach. We create a university with international quality and reasonable price in developing countries," said he.

According to him, this online learning model is an effective way to train a large number of developers for developing countries with many IT potentials such as Bangladesh and Vietnam.

FPT Software Chairman Hoang Nam Tien and Director of FUNiX in HCM exchanged views with Bangladesh Secretary of State at the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry.

FPT is currently the only Vietnamese company in Bangladesh. The company has implemented many large IT projects for the government since 2014. In 2015, FPT beat 5 international contractors to be selected to implement Integrated VAT Administration System. In 2017, FPT IS operated the VAT management system for Bangladesh Tax Authority after 12 months of implementation. This is the largest project of this unit in foreign countries.