| Vietnam News In Brief VN SOFTWARE INDUSTRY BusinessWeek excerpt , May 23, 1994, "Rising from the Ashes" (posted by [email protected]) ...One encouraging sign is that Vietnam is becoming a hotbed for small software and computer startups. The school system has spawned legions of techies fascinated with information technology. "The cream of Vietnam's students are choosing computer engineering," says Luu Tien Hiep, deputy director of Ho Chi Minh City's Lotus College, where students use locally made PC clones and share old American textbooks. Vietnam once harbored dreams of developing its own high-tech industries. But realism has set in, and wasteful programs in semiconductors, robotics, and aerospace have been scrapped. Still, Vietnam has thousands of electrical engineers earning around $100 a month. Many have managed to stay abreast of technological advances. Even though using U.S. computer networks was prohibited during the embargo, the Vietnamese were able to gain access to them through Australia. For instance, researchers at Hanoi's Institute of Information Technology kept up with the advances in fields such as artificial intelligence by tapping into Massachusetts Institute of Technology's database through the Internet. Today, those scientists and engineers are doing business directly with Digital Equipment, Oracle, and Microsoft. Many experts believe that as early as by the end of the decade, Vietnam just may become a source of computer applications and design. "There is a lot of raw, sound talent," says Roger Stone, Indochina vice-president for Unisys. "With their entrepreneurial flair, they have unbelievable potential as a source of services and software." AT&T IN VIETNAM Collected by: Le Trong Nga from: EDGE, on & about AT&T, March 21, 1994 v9 n295 p5(1) AT&T has reached agreement with other telecommunications providers in Southeast Asia to participate in the construction of the first undersea fiber optic cable system linking Vietnam, Thailand and Hong Kong. The 3,400 kilometer system will link cable-landing stations in Sri Racha, Thailand, Vung Tau, Vietnam and Hong Kong's Deepwater Bay. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by representatives of the Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications of Vietnam, the Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT), Hong Kong Telecom International Limited (HKTI), Telstra International Limited of Australia, AT&T and fourteen other telecommunications companies. The Thailand-Vietnam-Hong Kong cable system will consist of two fiber optic pairs operating at 560 million bits of information per second. This is enough capacity to provide the equivalent of 80,000 simultaneous phone conversations. "With this system connectivity to and from Vietnam will dramatically improve", said Alexander C. Stark, Jr., senior vice president of AT&T's International Operations Division. "Currently consumers and business customers can only call to and from Vietnam via satellite. When service is activated on the system in December 1995, not only the call completion rate will go up, customers will also discern a vast improvement in quality". From the landing point in Vung Tau, Vietnam, the cable will connect to Ho Chi Minh City and from there via an existing terrestrial fiber optic cable to the country's capital Hanoi. Undersea fiber optic systems were introduced in the Pacific basin in 1989, and the planned Thailand-Vietnam-Hong Kong System represents the 23rd fiber optic system now slated for that area through the middle of this decade. On average, about 13,000 kilometers (7,800 miles) of submarine cables are being constructed in the Pacific region every year to meet growing customer demands for a wide variety of communications services. Today, undersea digital technology already directly connects over 20 countries in the Western Pacific, North America and Europe. Additional systems planned worldwide will nearly double that number by the middle of the decade. US VENDORS EYE VIETNAM
collected by: Le Trong Nga From: MIDRANGE Systems, March 11, 1994 v7 n5 p10(1) Computer, software and telecommunications companies are jockeying for position in the market in Vietnam since the recent lifting of trade restrictions. DEC, IBM and Unisys have already entered the market, and the Vietnamese government claims $7.8 billion in foreign investment in over 850 projects has been planned. The government hopes to maintain an 8% annual growth rate in foreign investment, and reach nearly $15 billion by 2000. DEC predicts the market will be worth over $100 million in 1994, and DEC hopes to command as much as 10% of that total. Idea had offered information technology (IT) seminars and meetings in Vietnam during the embargo years, and is now in an excellent position to enter the market. The company is targeting manufacturing, hospitality, banking and shipping industries. Equipment from other countries has been used in Vietnam, but few complete networks and information systems are installed. POST AND TELECOMUNICATIONS NEWS (2nd Qtr 94)collected by: Le Mong Thao On March 17, France's Alcatel Cable and Japan's Fujitsu Submarine were awarded a US$128 million contract to supply and install an undersea fiber optic cable linking Thailand, Vietnam and Hongkong. The 2,108 mile TVH system will provide 7,560 basic circuits on two fiber optic pairs, with sufficient capacity to carry 80,000 simultaneous phone conversations. 20 international telecommunications carriers representing 12 participating countries include the Communications Authority of Thailand, Vietnam Post and Telecommunications, Hongkong Telecom International Ltd., US's MCI International and AT & T, Japan's International Telecom Japan and International Digital Communications, Inc., Australia's Telstra International and TeleGlobe Canada. On March 23, France Telecom (France) signed a framework agreement with Vietnam Post and Telecommunications for a US$500 million project to develop Vietnam's telephone system. The project includes development of a cellular telephone network, providing technical assistance for Vietnam's data transmission system, and technical help in organizing and managing the national telephone network. France Telecom expects to sign a business cooperation contract by this summer. On April 13, IBM signed an agreement with Vietnam according to which IBM will spent $2 million to help develop computer science institutes in Hanoi and HoChiMinh City for Vietnamese executives and managers. IBM will also establish a computer-based system for teaching English in Vietnam's schools. IBM has expanded its computer sales and servicing network in Vietnam from three to five firms, and is advising the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment on its plan to spend an estimated $500 million by the year 2000 to develop information technology in Vietnam.
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