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Oct 24, 2014 / 13:03

ASOCIO Summit to boost Vietnam-Japan ICT cooperation

The Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) ICT Summit 2014, is set to take place in Hanoi from October 28- 31 with the participation of more than 700 delegates from 22 economies in the region.

At a press briefing ahead of the event in Hanoi on October 23, the organizing board said Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will be honourary guests.
 
 
The delegates will discuss the IT application in smart agriculture, health, and transport, human resources development, public services, opportunities and challenges for businesses.

Additionally, the focus will be on restructuring agriculture, building a new rural development model, and creating the Social, Mobile, Analytic and Cloud Services (SMAC)'s technology.

In the forum framework, the Japan ICT Day in Vietnam 2014 is to transpire on October 30 with a focus on developing human resources for Vietnam-Japan technological cooperation and bolstering business cooperation in major projects.

Truong Gia Binh, Chairman of the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) said Vietnam-ASOCIO ICT Summit 2014 gives Vietnam a chance to learn global experiences in developing technology into a foundation for a new development method, creating a breakthrough in socio-economic development and changing rural and agricultural development models.

"The forum is expected to bring practical benefits not only to information and technology development but also to Vietnam’s socio-economic development, thus securing Vietnam’s foothold in the regional and global technological sector. "Binh stressed.

Initiated in 1984, the ASOCIO ITC Summit is designed to promote relationship between its members while developing the computing industry in the region. 

Vietnam hosted the event for the first time in 2003, following the theme of "Digital Opportunities for Everyone”.