'Information Technology is the key accelerator to develop the country'

In the opening speech at the event, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam confirmed that the country had defined Information Technology as one of the most important engines for national development, contributing remarkable part to improve the country’s socioeconomic perspective.

"For the past ten year, ICT has become the key economic sector, growing fast and efficiently and contributing about 7% to the GDP”, he emphasized.

Vietnam has been one of the ten most promising countries for software outsourcing, becoming the second partner country of Japan in term of information technology cooperation.

H.E. Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Vietnam visited and opened the summit.

Being the Chair of Vietnam Software and IT Services (VINASA), FPT Chairman and CEO Truong Gia Binh clearly stated the roles of Information Technology in Vietnam. In recent years, it has become the key industry with fastest growth rate, having great influence on all the fields of Economy, Society, Security and National Defense.

Especially, the general session in the morning of June 20 was attended by Formal Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan, who is recently the President of the East Asia Community Institute. He shared his own experiences on how Japan had successfully applied ICT in national reform and economic development. In his opinion, it was crucial for Vietnam to invest in its human resources for ICT development so that in the near future the people would popularize a networking social by their own.

Panel sessions were also organized including the topic “National Information Infrastructure- Issues and Solutions”, which attracted discussion from multiple viewpoints from the Ministries of Information and Communication, Science and Technology, Planning and Investment, from the State Bank of Vietnam and other large enterprises such as Viettel and IBM.

Three other discussion sessions were organized simultaneously in the afternoon included: “ICT – Enhance the competitiveness of enterprises”, “ICT – Higher Education Reform”, and “ICT – Institutional reform, improving macroeconomic competitiveness”. FPT representatives attended two out of three sessions.