Truong Gia Binh Chairman of Vietnam Software Association VIETNAM ICT OUTLOOK Truong Gia Binh Chairman of Vietnam Software Association
COUNTRY OUTLOOK Viet Nam has: Area: 330.900km2 Population: 80M, 50% of those are under 35 year old. Income/ person: US$400 Nationals stability – among the safest destination on earth
VIETNAM ICT MARKET Vietnam’s IT market (millions US dollars)
SOFTWARE & SERVICE MARKET Year Software/ services Hardware Total (million US dollars) 2000 50 250 300 2001 60 280 340 2002 75 325 400
Number of software companies in 1996-2002 IT INDUSTRY Number of software companies in 1996-2002
Software productivity (USD/person) IT INDUSTRY Software productivity (USD/person)
TELECOMUNICATIONS/ INTERNET DEVELOPMENT Number of internet users in 2000-2003 (thousand)
TELECOMUNICATIONS/ INTERNET DEVELOPMENT (figures in parentheses are the world and Asian averages) Year/ Indicators Telephone lines/100 individuals Mobile phone/ 100 inviduals Internet users/ 10.000 inviduals Computer/100 inviduals 2000 3.19 (16.39- 9.76) 0.99 (12.35-6.75) 25.05 (647.49-306.82) 0.75 (7.96-3.23) 2001 3.36 (17.26-10.93) 1.54 (15.85-9.44) 124.45 (812.04-416.45) 0.86 (8.86-3.72) 2002 6.85 (18.04-12.13) 2.34 (18.77-12.19) 184.62 (972.16-557.56) 0.98 (9.22-3.95)
IT HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING Number of IT training establishments 2002-2003 Year University Colleges Irregular Total 2000 42 36 9 87 2001 52 45 18 115 2002 55 69 35 159 2003 57 72 56 185
IT HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING Number of intakes each year
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Attractiveness of. Fast growing ICT market: 20% annually Place to invest Tax incentive: VAT exemption, Business income tax exemption (4 years from first profit making year), exported tax exemption for software products, etc Case: HP, Fujitsu,… Outsourcing business Case: IBM, Hitachi, NTT,…
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