The information-communications technology (ICT) sector of Vietnam
has recorded strong developments recently and is offering various
opportunities to foreign enterprises including those from the UK,
Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK and North Ireland Vu Quang Minh said
at an October 30 seminar in London.
Nearly 60
UK attended the event , which was co-organised by the Vietnamese
Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK ,
the UK-ASEAN Business Council and the Asia House organisation.
Commercial Counselor at the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK Nguyen Thi
Hong Thuy said Vietnam has put forth many incentives to attract
foreign investment in the field.
Nguyen Thanh Tuyen, Deputy Director of the Information Technolgy
Department under the Ministry of Information and Communication, also told the participants that the Vietnamese Government has issued
many policies to support and accelerate the development of the ITC
sector.
He presented statistics that showed the
sector’s turnover reached 25.5 billion USD last year, a year-on-year
increase of 86 percent from 2011 and a five-fold surge against 2008’s
figure, mainly sourced from electronics, hardware and software
industries.-VNA