Around 290 domestic and Japanese businesses will attend JapanInformation and Communications Technology (ICT) Week 2013 scheduled forOctober 23-26 in Hanoi and central Da Nang city.
The annual event, jointly held by the Vietnam Software and IT ServicesAssociation (VINASA) and the Vietnam-Japan IT Cooperation Club (VJC)since 2007, aims to stay ahead of the strong shift in Japanese firms’overseas cooperation in the field this year.
During the event, participating enterprises will take part in a widerange of activities such as conferences on cooperation betweenVietnamese and Japanese businesses, and an offshore business developmentforum.
The week also includes a writing contestabout applications for smart phones and tablets, an employment fair,cultural exchanges and tourism activities.
Inaddition, it will provide a good opportunity for domestic IT firms toseek Japanese partners and promote business cooperation.
According to VINASA Chairman Truong Gia Binh, Japan is the world’sthird largest IT market after the US and the EU, spending 130 billionUSD in the field.
Binh further said Vietnam istaking the opportunity to widen its market and expand IT cooperationwith the Japanese side, noting that the country surpassed India tobecome Japan’s second largest IT partner last year.
Most Vietnamese software firms have seen a sharp increase in theirrevenue gained from the Japanese market. Notably, some enterprises suchas Luvina Software Joint Stock Company have adapted to absolutelyserve the foreign market.-VNA
The annual event, jointly held by the Vietnam Software and IT ServicesAssociation (VINASA) and the Vietnam-Japan IT Cooperation Club (VJC)since 2007, aims to stay ahead of the strong shift in Japanese firms’overseas cooperation in the field this year.
During the event, participating enterprises will take part in a widerange of activities such as conferences on cooperation betweenVietnamese and Japanese businesses, and an offshore business developmentforum.
The week also includes a writing contestabout applications for smart phones and tablets, an employment fair,cultural exchanges and tourism activities.
Inaddition, it will provide a good opportunity for domestic IT firms toseek Japanese partners and promote business cooperation.
According to VINASA Chairman Truong Gia Binh, Japan is the world’sthird largest IT market after the US and the EU, spending 130 billionUSD in the field.
Binh further said Vietnam istaking the opportunity to widen its market and expand IT cooperationwith the Japanese side, noting that the country surpassed India tobecome Japan’s second largest IT partner last year.
Most Vietnamese software firms have seen a sharp increase in theirrevenue gained from the Japanese market. Notably, some enterprises suchas Luvina Software Joint Stock Company have adapted to absolutelyserve the foreign market.-VNA
