Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (fifth from left) awards the Top 10 Sao Khue. (Photo courtesy of the organiser)The information was announced at the award ceremony organised by the VietnamSoftware and IT Services Association (VINASA) held in Hanoi last weekend.
This year's revenue is higher than the total revenue of the entire country'ssoftware industry in 2008. Around 80 per cent of the awarded products andsolutions used new and advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence(AI), blockchain and robotic process automation (RPA). Of which, products andsolutions are bringing high economic efficiency to users.
Speaking at the award ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said that theinformation and communication technology (ICT) community has made verypractical, effective and indispensable contributions to pandemic prevention andcontrol. The COVID-19 pandemic also created opportunities and promoted thedevelopment of the ICT industry.
Dam said he had just signed the PM's decision to make October 10th every yearthe National Digital Transformation Day.
"This is the time when we have a lot of work to continue to arouse thespirit and aspiration to transform," he said.
"We must not stagnate, moving only forward not backward, then we canrealise the goal of a fast developed and more sustainable country. Like aperson who has to carry two full buckets of water, go quickly without lettingthe water go out," he said, adding that the information technology industryshould ignite the fire of aspiration, breakthrough and creativity that can’tpause.
At the same time, the Deputy PM proposed that the Ministry of Information andCommunications, the Vietnam Federation of Trade and Industry, organisations andinformation technology industry associations have a joint action plan torespond to the national digital transformation strategy more strongly.
Nguyen Van Khoa, VINASA’s chairman, said: “Vietnam has quickly approached newtechnologies, focused investment, researched platforms and integrated solutionsbetween technology businesses. Digital ecosystems are gradually forming forindustries and sectors of the economy.”
The Sao Khue Awards in the past two years have set the mission of"Promoting the digital solution platform - Pioneering the development ofdigital ecosystems".
The award this year received 314 nominations and selected 174 typical digitalplatforms, services and solutions. In which, 10 services and solutions werehonoured with Top 10 Sao Khue and 19 services and solutions were rated 5 stars.
Since launching in 2003, the Sao Khue Awards, sponsored by the Ministry ofInformation and Communications, has become the most prestigious IT field in thecountry. It has delivered awards to 1,343 best domestic products and services,contributing to guiding the IT market and customers and being an effectivechannel to link businesses.
Over two decades of development, Vietnam's software and information technologyservices industry has had a strong development. It is now worthy to become oneof the spearhead economies of Vietnam with nearly 300,000 employees, revenue in2021 reaching more than 13 billion USD, solving many problems of IT applicationof domestic organisations and enterprises. The country has always been in the top10 most attractive countries for software outsourcing./.
VNA
