FPT open new office in the heart of Japan's auto industry

Nagoya is the fourth largest city as well as one of the three major industrial centers in Japan, where most of Japanese large automakers such as Toyota, Mitsubishi and Suzuki are headquartered.

In 2005, FPT Software established its legal status in Japan. Besides contributing most to FPT Software’s revenue (50%), Japan is one of the most important markets in the globalization strategy of the company. In last 3 years (2010-2012), the revenue from the Japanese market has always achieved average growth at 27.5%/year. It is expected to reach 40% in 2013. FPT Software sets target of USD 200 million in revenue from the Japanese market by 2017.

Nagoya office shows FPT Japan’s determination in developing the Japanese market while it is expected to assist FPT Japan approach clients in auto industry – the leading industry of Japan. It will also help FPT Japan closer and meet customer requirements as quickly as possible.

Speaking at the launching ceremony, Mr. Hoang Nam Tien, Chairman of FPT Software said: "For FPT Software, Japan is the most important market. Located between Tokyo and Osaka, Nagoya is the capital of the Chubu region and one of the three largest economic centers in Japan with manufacturing industry accounting for 20.2% of Japanese production. Opening the representative office in Nagoya, FPT Software hopes to expand Software Development Outsourcing in this city in particular and Japan in general. We will prioritize investment in human resources, technology and process as well as give comprehensive support to FPT Japan and Nagoya office".

Aichi is the only province in Japan to sign economic cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Planning and Investment (Vietnam) on March 18, 2008. Currently, there have been 85 companies in Aichi to invest in Vietnam while many Vietnamese people are studying and working in Aichi.

Promoting globalization is one of the key strategic directions by FPT in next time to ensure rapid and sustainable growth. Providing software service with high quality human resource is one of the important areas FPT will focus to develop in the global markets .

FPT will accelerate the development of foreign markets in all business sectors in 2013. In particular, the company will continue to provide software services in the developed markets such as Japan, America and Europe, where FPT has certain advantages namely qualification, available trained human resources, competitive service pricing etc.

Besides, the Group will take advantage of infrastructure availability and products and services booming in the domestic market to focus on expanding business in the developing countries with development level equal to or lower than Vietnam’s such as Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. With these two development directions, FPT expects profit from overseas business will reach about 30% of the total profit by 2015.

At present, FPT has operated across 14 countries and territories around the world including Laos, Cambodia, Japan, USA, France, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, UK, Myanmar, Germany and Vietnam.

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FPT Software is the largest Software Outsourcing and Exports Company in Vietnam with more than 4,000 employees in Vietnam, Japan, America, France, Germany, Singapore, and Malaysia etc. FPT Software provides software development services as well as maintain and deploy ERP, QA, applications switching, embedded system, mobile computing, and cloud computing in many fields such as Banking and Finance, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Car Industry and Public Services.

FPT Software considers technological advances and standards management process as top priorities. It has achieved Prestigious CMMi Level 5 Certification, ISO 27001:2005 (BS7799 - 2: 2002) and ISO 9001:2000.

In 2012, FPT Software was ranked in Top 100 Global Services Provider 2012 by Global Services (India) and NeoGroup Inc. (U.S.).

In September 2013, FPT Software was listed in ​​ World's Top 500 Software and Service Providers by Software Magazine with 31 years of experience.