VietNamNet Bridge - The digital data market is tipped to develop exponentially in Viet Nam amid demand from e-government, education, health care and business, representatives of foreign companies have said. Digital data covers a wide range of areas, including the entering of data, outsourcing business processes, managing and storing data, and providing content services and customer care, among others. Two German firms, Digi-Texx and GHP, have been in Viet Nam for the last decade, providing digital data services to Vietnamese and German customers. GHP specialises in digitalising audio-visual data for storage and transmission, and research data and customers' bills. Digi-Texx enters data and designs reports for German clients, and digitally stores data for newspaper offices and libraries. In recent years, Digi-Texx has expanded operation in Viet Nam. Its HR Manager, Vu Thanh Nam Duc, said that despite initial difficulties, the company's operations have enjoyed more favourable conditions … [Read more...] about Digital data market set to boom in VN
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Digital ad market booming in Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – Digital ads, including online ads and mobile ads, are a growing tendency in Vietnam and is believed to witness high growth in the time to come. Nguyen Tien Dung from Maxus Vietnam, a subsidiary of GroupM, affirmed that advertisement on social networks has become the choice of a lot of enterprises and brands. According to Dung, more than 30 million Vietnamese access to Internet every day, of whom, 86 percent access to social networks. 81 percent of the social network’s members have the habit of sharing their shopping activities with friends and relatives. Facebook is the most popularly used social network in Vietnam which has attracted 14 million members, including the 11 million accessing to social networks with their mobile phones. It is estimated that every user spends 40 minutes every day on social networks. The two actions that the Vietnamese Facebook users in Vietnam most commonly take is pressing “like” and pressing … [Read more...] about Digital ad market booming in Vietnam
Unhealthy competition spoils digital signature market, service providers say
The Hanoitimes - Digital signature service providers are trying every possible way to attract more clients, creating an unhealthy competition in an increasingly saturated market. The competition in the digital signature service market has become more fierce due to oversupply. More than 10 firms provide the service, while there are only 500,000 businesses that are potential clients. At least 348,000 businesses already use the service. Large information technology (IT) firms complained that many service providers “play tricks” to scramble for clients and improve their profits. According to Tran The Hien, CEO of FSE FPT, said in many cases, the service providers send false notices to clients, asking to change services, or posing themselves as state management agencies, send emails to clients, informing that their digital signatures are not compatible with the software being used by state agencies (e-taxation, e-customs, or e-social insurance system). Nguyen Hong Hai, … [Read more...] about Unhealthy competition spoils digital signature market, service providers say
Rampant piracy eats up Vietnam’s digital content market
Due to a lack of effective law enforcement, pirates now dominate Vietnam's digital content market, leaving almost no room for legal businesses to survive, let alone grow, according to remarks made at a recent conference held at the Ho Chi Minh University of Law. Dr. Le Thi Nam Giang, a lecturer at the school, said Vietnam has just five official e-book publishers, while hundreds of websites allow people to download e-books for free, Thoi Bao Kinh Te Saigon reported. The free downloads are labeled “sharing” but the sites’ owners earn money through ads, she said during the conference which received support from the Vietnam National Institute of Software and Digital Content Industry (NISCI). Dong Phuoc Vinh, director of e-book publisher YBook Company, said that legitimate e-book businesses cannot survive in Vietnam due to harsh competition from numerous pirates. Moreover, it is not easy to buy copyrights from authors and their agents, and the cost of producing an … [Read more...] about Rampant piracy eats up Vietnam’s digital content market
The Internet turns 20 in Vietnam: P6 – Wi-Fi and household Internet Info Alert Alert Chia sẻ bài viết qua e-mail
Almost no Internet cafés or shops existed in major Vietnamese cities during the first years of the Internet in Vietnam. >> The Internet turns 20 in Vietnam: P5 – The premier’s first email >> The Internet turns 20 in Vietnam: P4 – National domain .vn >> The Internet turns 20 in Vietnam – P3: The ‘semi-illegal’ era >> The Internet turns 20 in Vietnam: P2 – Australian professor’s contribution >> The Internet turns 20 in Vietnam: P1 – Forerunners Despite the air of expectancy amongst the public, hardly any public access points were established in the years following the launch of the Internet in Vietnam in 1997.Vu Hoang Lien, former director of Vietnam Data Communication Co. (VDC), belonging to Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), said that only a limited range of Internet services including email, and web and File Transfer Protocol (FTP), … [Read more...] about The Internet turns 20 in Vietnam: P6 – Wi-Fi and household Internet Info Alert Alert Chia sẻ bài viết qua e-mail