Vietnam has been represented by senior officials from the Information
and Communications Ministry and over 10 companies at the
CommunicAsia2014, EnterpriseIT2014 and BroadcastAsia2014 being held in
Singapore from June 17-20.
In the framework of Asia’s largest
exhibitions, Nguyen Thanh Phuc, Director General of the ministry’s
Information Technology Department, attended the 10th Ministerial Forum, a
closed-door platform for government senior officials to discuss key
policies and developments in the field.
At the conference on
broadband, Nguyen Phong Nha, Deputy Director General of the ministry’s
Telecommunications Authority, spoke on broadband market and forecast in
Vietnam.
Nha said that all initiatives and ICT programmes in
Vietnam aimed to provide everyone everywhere with access to high speed
broadband, adding that Vietnam’s policy and regulations support creation
of competitive environment, investment in ICT including application of
new advanced technologies and development of new applications.
Among
the dozen Vietnamese companies attending this year’s exhibitions is
Wise-Concetti Communication Technology Co. Ltd., which provides all
kinds of service in localization, including website and software
localisation. The company joins the region’s largest event for the first
time to seek for more customers, besides Apple and Samsung.
Anewtech
Systems Pte Ltd, a Singapore company, and its Vietnam subsidiary also
join the Vietnamese team at the regional event. The company’s Managing
Director, Terence Teo, told Vietnam News Agency’s Singapore-based
reporter that after nearly six years’ operation in Vietnam, the company
has seen returns on investment in Vietnam.
“We really feel that
we can do more in infrastructure projects (in Vietnam) to help Vietnam
grow in terms of telecommunication. We definitely invested and may in
the near future invest more in manufacturing facilities (in Vietnam).”
CommunicAsia2014
together with EnterpriseIT2014 attract the participation of nearly
1,300 exhibitors from about 60 countries and territories, which
demonstrate how various technologies connect people, enterprises and
cities with three new thematic clusters – NXT Cities, NXT Enterprises
and NXT Connected Services. Also new this year is the introduction of
4K, state-of-the-art technologies created for digital media by a number
of 700 exhibitors from nearly 50 countries and territories taking part
in BroadcastAsia2014.-VNA