Vietnamese IT firms get support to go global

In 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will focus on working with Vietnamese associations, foreign diplomatic missions, and trade and investment representative offices to enhance support for Vietnamese digital technology enterprises in global digital cooperation, MIC Deputy Minister Phan Tam told a conference on February 23.
Vietnamese IT firms get support to go global ảnh 1An overview of the “Vietnamese digital companies going global" conference. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - In 2023, the Ministry of Information andCommunications (MIC) will focus on working with Vietnamese associations, foreigndiplomatic missions, and trade and investment representative offices to enhancesupport for Vietnamese digital technology enterprises in global digitalcooperation, MIC Deputy Minister Phan Tam told a conference on February 23.

The conference “Vietnamese digital companies going global:Global digital cooperation – Trusted partners in building the digital world”was the start of this effort, Tam stressed.

Nguyen Thien Nghia, Deputy Director in charge of the MIC’sDepartment of Information and Communications Industry, affirmed that the worldtechnology market has many opportunities while Vietnam's market istoo small compared to the current and future scale of the IT servicepersonnel.

Vietnamese technology enterprises have not only the advantageof dynamic and creative human resources but also the capacity of competing in price in comparison with the global IT market. This is the reason forVietnamese digital technology enterprises to go global, he added.

"Going together" is one of the ways that the ministryis guiding technology businesses. Accordingly, big enterprises will leadsmaller ones, and experienced ones will provide support for newcomers.

At the conference, leaders of several businesses shared theirexperience, lessons, methods of approach, and good and effective solutions toexploit foreign markets.

Vietnamese IT firms get support to go global ảnh 2MIC establishes a consulting group to support digital technology businesses in going global. (Photo: VNA)
MIC also officially established a consulting group tosupport digital technology businesses in going global./.
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