The upcoming Asian-Oceania regional summit on information and
communication technology (ICT) is expected to jump-start the application
of ICT in the agriculture sector, organisers said on October 23.
The
Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) ICT Summit 2014,
the biggest annual event of the regional software, IT and
communications industry, will be held here from October 28 to 30.
The
Vietnam Software Association (Vinasa) is organising and hosting this
year’s event, “ICT: The new paradigm in socio-economic development and
agricultural restructuring”, which is held alternately in the cities of
22 member economies.
“This is an opportunity for Vietnam to
study experiences from around the world and make IT the new paradigm in
socio-economic development and agricultural restructuring,” said Vinasa
Chairman Truong Gia Binh.
Binh explained that the summit, which
was expected to attract about 700 domestic and international
participants, would help speed up the development of the Vietnamese IT
industry, as well as the country’s economy and society, and create a new
mark for Vietnam in the IT industry.
The summit will create
numerous business cooperation arrangements between Vietnamese
enterprises and international businesses in the region and around the
world, Binh added.
Vietnam first won the right to host the summit in 2003 and won it again after 11 years.
The
event represents the largest international association of IT in the
Asia-Oceania region with 22 full member economies, including Japan, the
Republic of Korea, India and Sri Lanka.
Australia, Taiwan, Hong
Kong and Malaysia are likewise members, as well as Singapore, Thailand
and Vietnam. The United States has joined France, Britain, Spain and
Canada in observing the proceedings.-VNA