India, Vietnam enhance IT partnership

Vietnamese and Indian businesses discussed new cooperation plans, including the establishment of joint ventures in information technology, during a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on October 6.
India, Vietnam enhance IT partnership ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Vietnamese and Indian businesses discussed new cooperation plans, including the establishment of joint ventures in information technology, during a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on October 6.

The event was held by the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC), the HCM City Computer Association, and the Indian Consulate General in the city.

The ESC will host the INDIASOFT – India IT Show 2017 in Hyderabad – the capital of southern India's Telangana state from February 13-14. The council invited Vietnamese companies to the event.

Indian firms account for 56 percent of the global outsourcing markets.

The Vietnamese software industry is speeding up with 4.6 billion USD in revenues in 2015, 3 billion USD of which came from outsourcing.-VNA

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