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PM attends opening ceremony of FPT Software's second office in New York

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening ceremony of an office of FPT Software, a subsidiary of the FPT Group, in New York city on May 15, as part of his working visit to the US and the UN.
PM attends opening ceremony of FPT Software's second office in New York ảnh 1PM Pham Minh Chinh (front, third from right) and other officials at the opening ceremony of the FPT Software office in New York on May 15 (Photo: VNA)
New York (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhattended the opening ceremony of an office of FPT Software, a subsidiary of theFPT Group, in New York city on May 15, as part of his working visit to the US andthe UN.

This is FPT Software’s second office in New York, 10th in the US, and 58th in world. The company is providing technologicaland digital transformation services for tens of businesses in the Fortune 500list in the North American country.

After 14 years of operating in the US, FPT Software now has450 employees and its clients are from 30 states across this country. The US iscurrently one of the two largest markets of the company, whose revenue hererose 52 percent year-on-year in 2021 and 60 percent in the first quarter of2022.

Dang Tran Phuong, Director of FPT America, said FPT Softwareis the second Vietnamese company to open an office in New York - the world’slargest economic, financial, and technological hub. It hopes that in the nextthree years, its office in New York will contribute to 20 percent of its totalrevenue in the US.

Addressing the ceremony, PM Chinh said the office opening isa step to help Vietnam carry out digital transformation and form a digitaleconomy, thereby helping improve the country's human resources quality and show its technological capabilities, wisdom, and competitiveness in the world,especially in the US, where science and technology is developed.

He expressed his hope that FPT will continue growing in theUS and the world at large so as to help introduce Vietnam’s images and promotethe two countries’ comprehensive partnership in a substantive and effectivemanner.

The Government leader also asked the diplomatic and relevantagencies of Vietnam in the US to continue assisting FPT and other Vietnamesebusinesses to implement cooperation deals and further develop./.
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