Bill Gates' right-hand man came to Vietnam

On April 9, 2008, Mr. Kevin Turner - CEO of Microsoft, who is considered the 'right hand' of Chairman Bill Gates, made his first visit to Vietnam. During this visit, Kevin Turnet met with Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and witnessed the signing of an agreement between Microsoft and the Government of Vietnam and attended the launch of the latest Microsoft products in Vietnam.

Before attending and witnessing the signing ceremony between Microsoft and Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee and an agreement to sell software copyright to Vietnam Industrial and Commercial Bank (Vietinbank), Kevin Turnet had a talk and announced new products. most of Microsoft with more than 3,000 Vietnamese students at the National Convention Center, Hanoi.

Microsoft will provide advanced e-Government solutions for Vietnam

The above is one of the contents of the agreement signed between Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee and Microsoft signed on April 9, 2008. Accordingly Microsoft will support the construction of e-government system of Lao Cai province. Part of the deal is that Microsoft will provide advanced e-government solutions and support transforming the province's current web site into an online portal to provide public information and administrative services to people and business as well as improving the working efficiency of the administrative apparatus.

Mr. Kevin Tuerner.Photo: Le Quang

In the first version of the Lao Cai web portal, in addition to the diverse information content, citizens can access online 'ask / answer' services to clarify regulations. , guide legal documents or ask administrative officials to carry out their responsibilities.

Another online service deployed is the business license registration. Through this service, businesses can apply for a business license and monitor the status and process of the request. In addition, many other online services will gradually be deployed.

In addition to the electronic portal, also under this agreement, Lao Cai province will be provided with a high-level overall design of the entire e-government system, including components such as infrastructure and gateways. news, gateways and advice on software and hardware.

Judging from this event, Mr. Kevin Turnet said, he was really impressed with the fact that the Government of Vietnam always focused and took the lead in developing the economy in general and the IT industry in particular.

Microsoft continues to sell additional 7,000 software licenses to Vietinbank

Also on April 9, 2008, Kevin Turnet and Vietnamese officials witnessed the signing of a software license agreement under a business agreement (EA) between Microsoft and Vietinbank.

Accordingly, Vietinbank will install and use copyrighted software for all servers and workstations on the Bank's IT system. At the same time, Microsoft also provides technical support to help Vietinbank successfully deploy this project using software copyright.

Under this agreement, Vietinbank is one of the largest commercial banks in Vietnam to invest in software licenses. 7,000 Microsoft Office Standard 2007 versions will be installed for Vietinbank machines.

According to the information we have obtained, also during this visit of Kevin Turner, Microsoft will also work with the Vietnamese Government on a co-operation to develop e-government in Hai Phong city.