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Electronic and
Information Technology
in Vietnam

Table of Contents

Executive Sumary

Why this report? The need for cross-sectoral coordination

Chapter I - Information technology (IT) in today's Vietnam

A national program to promote information technology

An emerging Vietnamese 'IT industry'

PART I - The Technology

Chapter II - Microelectronics and the global 'IT industry'

Chapter III - IT producers and users should join hands

Trade policy and the role of foreign companies

PART II - The Players

Chapter IV - Why government policy still matters in Vietnam

A well-orchestrated mix of policies needed

Chapter V - How implement a 'national program' for IT?

A national agency for IT development

Chapter VI - Three more players in Vietnam's 'IT policy community'

Chapter VII - The foreign vendors and the foreign direct investors

PART III - The Capabilities

Chapter VIII - Why market-supporting institutions are vital

Five core institutional capacities

Chapter IX - A national information infrastructure

Technical changes -- and institutional changes

National and world-wide electronic mail

Chapter X - Manpower development: Education, training, re-training

Setting quantitative targets, mobilizing resources

Chapter XI - R&D capabilities and IT development

The Institute of Information Technology

Chapter XII - Shaping the Vietnamese IT market

Technical standards

Privacy protection

PART IV - The Industry

Chapter XIII - Software production in Vietnam

What is software development and production?

Systems integration

Preconditions for expansion

Coordination of policies

Chapter XIV - Hardware production in the global context

Global networks and regional specialization

Trends in electronics manufacturing

Trends in the organization of electronics manufacturing

Chapter XV - Hardware production in Vietnam

Appendix 1 (not included here)

Institutions visited and persons interviewed

Appendix 2 (not included here)

Internet communications networks for Vietnam

Appendix 3 (not included here)

Project proposal by a team of specialists on electronics and IT development in East Asia

Last update: January 1997

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