Vietnam, RoK jointly develop IT services

Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will meet to discuss information technology (IT) service development policies and boost links between IT businesses from both countries.

An agreement to this effect was signed between the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) and the RoK’s Information and Internet Security Agency (KISA) in Hanoi on Feb. 8.

According to the agreement, both parties will expand cooperation in IT personnel training, especially in information security as well as jointly hold seminars and forums to exchange information and experiences in IT development.

VINASA Vice Chairman Pham Tan Cong said that this new initiative offers VINASA the chance to learn more about creating policies that will help to develop IT services.

It also creates opportunities for Vietnam’s IT businesses to expand ties with their RoK partners.

(Source: Vietnamplus)

“CMCers on Tet holiday 2012” photo contest

Following the success of “CMC smiles” photo contest, “CMCers on Tet holiday 2012” officially started for CMC’s staff from 1^st-18^th Feb, 2012. To take part in the contest, participants have to upload their photos taken during this year’s Tet holiday to the CMCer facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/nguoicmc). The photo that earns the most likes and comments will win the 1^st prize of a Bluefone mobile phone B122 and 1 million VNĐ. This contest aims to share the warm moments and happy feelings during Vietnamese traditional Tet hodiday among the members of the company.

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CMC Software celebrates Lunar New Year 2012

CMC Software celebrated Lunar New Year 2012 in January with a jubilant party held at the office. At the party, CEO Hoang Ngoc Hung highlighted the company’s achievements in all fields and expressed his best wishes to everyone in the company in the New Year of the Dragon.

This first event at the beginning of the Lunar Year has reinforced the solidarity among the members of the company, expressing CMC’s care for all staff who have created the CMC brand name and its long-term prestige.

All staff and technicians returned to work after a 7-day New Year’s vacation, strong-minded to bring their efforts together for the development of the Corporation in general and member companies in particular.

EuroCham business climate index shows slight rise

Business confidence and outlook among European businesses in Vietnam have been stabilised and shown a modest increase after a steep 11 point drop in the last quarter of 2011.

The results were released by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) on Feb. 1.

Concerns about the current business situation and outlook appear to have eased slightly among EuroCham member companies that participated in the survey. However, their business outlook and assessment of the current situation remains sombre, the EuroCham said. Forty percent of the businesses that participated in the survey engage in the services industry, about a quarter in manufacturing and trading and the rest in other activities. Of the surveyed businesses, 38 percent considered their current business situation ‘neutral’ and 36 percent described it as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.The number of respondents having a negative view on their current situation has remained nearly unchanged since last quarter, but at 26 percent, it is 14 percentage points higher than a year ago. Although inflation remains a major concern for businesses, only 8 percent of the respondents said that inflation was actually threatening their business in the country.

EuroCham Executive Director Matthias Dühn said that the European debt crisis has added to investors uncertainty and impacted European investment in Vietnam.

European investors are increasingly looking for alternative investment destinations in ASEAN. Therefore Vietnam has to increase its efforts to remain competitive in the region, he said. (Source: Vietnamplus)