Vietnam has become the name that many countries in the world will
consider when they look for reliable partners to implement software
development projects. Report by the Vietnam Net online newspaper.
The 2013 report by Tholons, a consultancy firm, about the 100 cities
in the world most attractive in terms of software outsourcing named the
Vietnam’s Hanoi capital and Ho Chi Minh City in the top 25. The 16th
grade has been given to Ho Chi Minh City, while the 23rd to Hanoi.
Meanwhile, in a report by Gartner, also a consultancy firm, Vietnam is
always among the top 30 leading countries in the world and top 10
countries in Asia-Pacific in outsourcing and services.
In September 2013, the US Software Magazine added Vietnamese FPT
Software into the list of the world’s 500 biggest software service
providers.
With the turnover of 81.5 million USD and
the 30.4 percent growth rate in 2012, FPT Software is the first
Vietnamese firm found in the list. Prior to that, in 2012, FPT Software
won the international award “Top 100 global service providers” given by
Global Services, an Indian media firm and NeoGroup, an US consultancy
firm.
Meanwhile, another Vietnamese firm, TMA
Solutions, has been added by the US Aberdeen Group, Inc, specialising in
analyzing the world’s information technology market, into the list of
15 best software outsourcing service providers. The list was released
after a survey on 52 software firms.
As “Vietnam”
has become a strong brand, Vietnamese firms have got more opportunities
to obtain more valuable contracts from foreign partners.
FPT Software has signed a contract with Suntory PepsiCo Beverage
(Suntory PepsiCo), under which it deploys the Distribution Management
System (DMS) – Lite based on mobility technology for Suntory PepsiCo’s
in 2013-2015.
The firm has also started a new Cloud
project with a Texas based Independent Software Vendor (ISV) who
provides software products to manage and automate work process for
insurance companies.
“Citus SaaS Blocks” is a
multi-tenant framework built by FPT, which can help ISVs enable their
application into Software as a Service (SaaS) model and save up to 60
percent effort in Cloud development.
Japanese firms
now see Vietnam as an attractive market for them to outsource. A big
advantage of Vietnamese firms is the low labor cost, which is just equal
to 60 percent of Chinese and Indian. Meanwhile, Vietnamese firms have
good capability enough and can get adapted to the works.
To date, 70-80 Japanese information technology firms have invested in
Vietnam with an aim to take full advantage of the qualified and low cost
labor force.
Japan is the most important market for
Vietnam with the value of over 130 billion USD. It is the third largest
market in the world after the US and the EU.
The
latest report by IPA, the agency for information technology promotion,
Vietnam surpassed India in 2012 to become the Japanese second biggest
partner. Vietnam received 23 percent of Japanese overseas orders, higher
than the 13.7 percent for India.
To date, China
remains the biggest partner for Japanese firms. However, Vietnam may
jump to the No. 1 position in the near future.
About
60 Japanese leading firms and 30 Japanese invested firms in Vietnam
would attend the Japan ICT Week 2013 to be held from October 23-26 in
Hanoi and Da Nang.-VNA