1. Truong Gia Binh Chairman of Vietnam Software Association
VIETNAM ICT OUTLOOK
Truong Gia Binh
Chairman of
Vietnam Software Association

2. 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

3. VIETNAM ICT MARKET
Vietnam’s IT market (millions US dollars)

4. SOFTWARE & SERVICE MARKET
Year
Software/ services
Hardware
Total (million US dollars)
2000 50
250
300
2001 60
280
340
2002 75
325
400

5. Number of software companies in 1996-2002
IT INDUSTRY
Number of software companies in

6. Software productivity (USD/person)
IT INDUSTRY
Software productivity (USD/person)

7. TELECOMUNICATIONS/ INTERNET DEVELOPMENT
Number of internet users in (thousand)

8. TELECOMUNICATIONS/ INTERNET DEVELOPMENT
(figures in parentheses are the world and Asian averages)
Year/
Indicators
Telephone lines/100 individuals
Mobile phone/
100 inviduals
Internet users/
inviduals
Computer/100 inviduals
2000
3.19
( )
0.99
( )
25.05
( )
0.75
( )
2001
3.36
( )
1.54
( )
124.45
( )
0.86
( )
2002
6.85
( )
2.34
( )
184.62
( )
0.98
( )

9. IT HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING
Number of IT training establishments
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

10. IT HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING
Number of intakes each year

11. 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,…

12. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!