CMC celebrates its 19^th year anniversary with exciting activities

To celebrate its 19th birthday on 27^th of May 2012, CMC Group has organized various events which have attracted many officers and employees of the Group’s member companies. This is a chance for CMCers to show their spirit in both work and life. Join us in the celebration by participating in activities such as “CMC Football Cup 2012,” our “Photo Contest,” and writing contest with topics like “The moment for love”, “ For a greener office”…

For more details, please check out CMC’s fanpage: www.facebook.com/nguoicmc

What will happen when Google, Facebook set foot in Vietnam?

VietNamNet Bridge – Under the draft decree on Internet and information content service management, foreign institutions which provide public information services across the border, attracting many users in Vietnamese territory, have to set up representative offices in Vietnam.

Once the draft decree gets approval and takes effects, the “big guys” in the field of digital content, such as Google and Facebook, would be officially present in Vietnam.

Representative offices not only help collect tax

The fact that Google and Facebook can make big money in Vietnam but do not pay tax has become a hot topic in discussions. Competent agencies have been many times urged to set stricter control over the big guys and force them to pay tax on the earnings in Vietnam.

However, experts have pointed out that if the draft regulation is applied, Vietnam would get many more benefits from the presence of the big guys rather than the tax collection.

Vo Do Thang, Director of Athena, a center for network management and security training, said that the presence of Google and Facebook in Vietnam would help popularize Vietnam’s image in the world’s information technology market.

“Their presence would also help attract their partners to Vietnam, thus creating more opportunities to Vietnamese software outsourcing companies,” Thang said.

Also according to Thang, some big guys not only simply provide digital content services, but also have jumped into other business fields. Google, for example, also manufactures tablets and smart phones, i.e. it has jumped into the hardware sector. As such, this may lead to a new wave of investment and new technology import to Vietnam, the thing that happened in Intel’s case.

Under the current regulations, with representative offices in Vietnam, the big guys would not be allowed to do business, while they can only act as consultants and technical supporters. Some manufacturers would try to orient the market through training and investments. If so, according to Thang, the domestic infrastructure and labor force would benefit from the programs.

“Besides, when entering Vietnam, foreign groups would bring with themselves professional management procedures, which are very useful for the sectors with hot development, including digital content,” Thang said.

Vu Thai Ha, Director of EXA, the company specializing in providing online backup services, said cloud computing remains an unfamiliar concept for domestic computer users, therefore, if Google sets up representative offices in Vietnam, this would be a good signal, showing that Vietnam is market with great potentials.

Ngo Dac Thuan, Managing Director of Hat Giong So, a mobile app service provider, said the presence of Google in Vietnam would support the developers of Android-based mobile apps

The cooperation and competition

It’s clear that if Google or Facebook set up representative offices in Vietnam would bring benefits to partners and the domestic users, but would be the hindrances to the enterprises in the same sectors. The foreign giants would become even stronger, once they have technical support staff right in Vietnam.

However, domestic firms keep optimistic about the presence of the world’s giants in Vietnam. Andy Dang, Creative Director of Phan Viet Media Company, said that he can see the opportunities for cooperation for mutual development.

Meanwhile, Phan Anh Tuan, Director of go.vn network, said in the digital world, there is no geographical distance. Therefore, the competition has always existed, even if Google or Facebook do not set up representative offices in Vietnam. Tuan stressed that Vietnamese businesses always have to struggle with the two big guys and other rivals to survive already.

Source: TBKTSG

eDocman Plus was honored at the Sao Khue Awards 2012

eDocman Plus was developed based in MS Sharepoint 2012 platform of Microsoft making it easy to be integrated with infrastructure, digital signature, smartphones and peripheral devices such as: scanners, printers, fax machines, meeting the current usage trends of its users. Moreover, eDocman Plus creates a modern, simple and user-friendly environment for information exchange and management in any organization. This product sees many good recommendations from the customers at it creates a breakthrough in their method of working, executive management, and collaboration in their company.

On this occasion, Mr. Nguyen Kim Cuong – Vice President of CMCSoftware said that “Besides the positive comments of more than 40 customers who have deployed eDocman Plus successfully in 2011, The Sao Khue award we have received is the result of an ongoing effort of CMCSoft’s developers to develop and upgrade the new version of eDocman Plus with many remarkable innovations. We believe eDocman Plus will become a powerful tool for many enterprises and organizations on their way to computerize and modernize their management.”

Also during this ceremony, the Chairman of CMC Group – Mr. Ha The Minh, has been honored as one of 10 outstanding people who greatly contributed to the development of the ICT industry in recent years.

The Sao Khue Award is one of the most prestigious IT awards in Vietnam and has been held annually by VINASA since 2003 to recognize and honor enterprises, groups and individuals with outstanding achievements in the development of the software and information technology industry.

For more information about eDocman Plus, please follow this link http://estore.cmcsoft.com/index.php/edocman-plus.html

Ha Long tourist boats receive GPS systems

More than 230 tourist vessels in northern Quang Ninh province's Ha Long Bay have been equipped with global positioning systems.

The province plans to complete a programme on installing the satellite navigation system on all 500 vessels cruising the bay by April 30.

The installation, which started last year, is part of the province's 12 billion VND (572,000 USD) programme on improving management of tourist vessels and better ensuring the safety of tourists in the bay.

(According to VNA)