Ten Vietnamese executives received the titles of Chief Information
Officer (CIO) and Chief Security Officer (CSO) at the 9 th ASEAN
CIO/CSO Awards presentation ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on September
25.
Among them were Hoang Minh Cuong, Director of the
Vietnam Internet Centre and Phung Quang Hung, Director of the Technology
and Operation Department of Techcombank, and Nguyen Le Thanh from VNG
group.
Eighteen others from ASEAN member nations were also honoured at the event.
The ASEAN CIOCSO Awards, the first of its kind in the ASEAN
community, are organised by the International Data Group (IDG) in
collaboration with the National Steering Committee for Information
Technology, the Ministry of Information and Communication, the Ministry
of Public Security, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and others.
It honours outstanding individuals from state
agencies, social organisations and businesses for their significant
contributions to improving the effectiveness of their agencies’
operation and the socio-economic development in general through their
initiatives on IT and security.
Organised annually in
Vietnam since 2005, the CIO title is the most celebrated award in the IT
field in the country. Meanwhile, the CSO award has been given out four
times.
This is the first time the two awards have been
presented in a single event, showing the two fields’ close link in
creating a stable foundation for the IT sector’s development.
The same day, IDG announced to the launch of the ASEAN CIO and CSO
Academy (ACCA), which will train CIOs and CSOs of international
standards.-VNA