ICT in Finance Seminar to Open in Hanoi in September

A seminar on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the financial sector will be held in Hanoi Sep 16-19, the Ministry of Finance announced on July 17.

 

The seminar, co-organized by the ministry&rsquos Department of Financial Informatics and Statistics and the International Data Group (IDG) in Vietnam, will help participants share methods and experiences in implementing ICT projects.

 

During the four-day seminar, participants will discuss the use of ICT in making financial policies, basic data development and analysis.

 

Domestic and foreign businesses and suppliers will showcase their products, solutions and models on ICT application at an exhibition to be held during the seminar.

 

Tax and customs authorities and businesses will also have a chance to review the ICT achievements in recent years as well as discuss together future development plans, vice head of the financial informatics and statistics department, Pham Cong Minh, said.

 

Almost all indexes of Vietnam in the world ICT 2008 ranking were up by 3.0 levels, bringing the country into the middle of the ranking list, a considerable advance for Vietnam&rsquos ICT industry, said Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Association for Information Processing (VAIP), Dr Le Truong Tung.

Vietnam will be one of the leading ICT countries in Southeast Asia in the near future. The country expects that the ICT industry will bring in US$6 billion-US$7 billion in revenue by 2010. (Capital Security, Vietnam & World Economy)