Vietnam Hosts Intl Seminar on Internet Resources Management

Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi Aug 26 hosted an international conference on the management of internet resources and technology trends with participation of experts and policymakers from Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and the Republic of Korea, state media has said.

 

The two-day event is expected to provide the participants with opportunities to share experiences in developing the internet and information technology, setting up e-government and promoting the internet technologies for mobile phone networks.

 

The participants are set to focus their discussions on internet development strategies and policies, e-government formulation, internet resources management, software industry and security technology development, and internet technologies for mobile phone networks.

 

The event is co-hosted by the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) and the National Internet Development Agency of Korea (NIDA).

 

Vietnam has made efforts in developing its telecommunication network and services, becoming one of the world’s fastest nations in telecom development. The country currently has 58 million phone subscribers, equating to 67 telephones for every 100 people in the country. It also reports 20 million internet users.

 

Vietnam targets to raise the ratio of internet users to 40 per cent by 2010. (VNA)