Vietnam IT panorama 2006

In 2006, with big IT events, there were profound impacts on the country's economy, politics and society that are about to go through. Now is the time to look back on these events, review the panorama of Vietnam's IT picture 2006. Here are the 20 most impressive "strokes" in that colorful "picture", 20 IT events. in 2006, voted by journalists from Vietnam IT journalist club.

1. Bill Gates came to Vietnam

April 22, 2006, Bill Gates - Chairman and Chief Architect of the World Software giant Microsoft made his first visit to Vietnam, at the invitation of Prime Minister Phan Van Khai. Although the visit of the richest billionaire on the planet has not been able to create mutations in Microsoft's investment in Vietnam, but with the influence of Chairman Bill Gates, this is considered an event with a great impact. important to the development of Vietnamese IT in particular and the image of Vietnam in the eyes of the world community in general.

2. Intel's investment in Vietnam - US $ 605 million license and capital increase license to US $ 1 billion

On February 28, 2006, Intel - the world's leading microprocessor manufacturing group - was officially granted the investment license for the Chip Assembly and Testing Factory (ATM) project by the Government of Vietnam. in Technology Zone High TP. HCM, with an investment of 605 million USD. Only 9 months later, the Group decided to expand the scale and raise the investment capital of the project to 1 billion USD, making Intel's ATM in Vietnam become the largest factory in the system of mounting facilities. Intel's global semiconductor chip assembly and testing. This event once again affirms: Vietnam is really an attractive destination of foreign investors community. The event has caused a great buzz, which has an important meaning in attracting the attention of foreign investors about Vietnam's investment environment, especially in the field of high technology.

3. Two more CDMA 096 and 092 mobile networks are put into operation

Two CDMA mobile networks, 096 of EVN Telecom and 092 of Hanoi Telecom, provided services in 2006. However, these two mobile networks cannot create 'market shock' like Viettel Mobile has ever done. . By the end of 2006, the Vietnamese mobile market had scored all 6 mobile networks, equally divided into 2 technologies with 3 mobile networks using CDMA and 3 mobile networks using GSM technology. Hanoi Telecom's 092 network entered late at the end of the year with the 'One Free World' testing program - almost free for users during the testing phase, promising a new excitement for the pine market. Mobile news at the end of the lunar year 2006 and the new year 2007.

4. Officially allowed to register domain name level 2.vn

On August 14, Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) officially allowed all domestic and foreign organizations to sign domain names of level 2.vn. Immediately, the number of people signing up domain names at level 2.vn has increased dramatically. Second-level domain name .vn has the advantages of being brief and easy to remember and is a very important condition for the commercial development of businesses and contributes to promoting Internet development in Vietnam.

5. Test WiMax technology

Ministry of Post and Telematics has granted licenses for 4 enterprises, namely VNPT, Viettel, VTC and FPT, to test WiMax technology for a period of 1 year. On October 27, 2006, VNPT and Intel officially launched a pilot project on WiMAX network services in Lao Cai. On 11/12, Viettel also officially announced to put this service into use in 3 types of terminals: indoor, outdoor and mobile. According to Viettel, it is expected that with the approval of the Ministry of Post and Telematics, mobile WiMax will be provided to those in need in mid 2007 and expand the market by the end of this year. VTC has also tested this technology and is expected to provide services to customers in early 2007. All 3 businesses VNPT, Viettel and VTC have confirmed that this is a promising technology in the future. with wireless broadband trend.

6. Microsoft started 'reaping money' in Vietnam

Microsoft - Finance Ministry signed an agreement on Office 2003 license

After many years of staring at other people using their software temples in Vietnam, Microsoft has obtained the first 'signed' heavy software licensing contracts with the Ministry of Finance, Vietnam Foreign Trade Bank, and FPT. , Vietnam Bank for Investment and Development . The fact that Microsoft started to "reap money" software copyright coincides with the time when Vietnam officially became the 150th member of the WTO. Many agencies and businesses began to worry and "stuck out their tongue" when thinking about having to spend huge sums of money to buy the software copyright of Microsoft giants, and Microsoft agents saw the money. Pretty good commission from selling software from this giant software company.

7. FPT University - The first university of an IT enterprise

FPT University was officially established and started enrolling in the school year 2006-2007 with many "hurdles" . FPT. As soon as it was signed, FPT announced that it would sign contracts with all graduates of the first course with a salary of 200-400 USD. Next is the announcement of FPT's 'dynamic' tuition fee: from 2,200 to 3,500 USD / year and announcement of enrollment when not 'asking for permission' from the Ministry of Education and Training, then being 'whistled'. However, in the end, FPT Private University was also allowed to recruit 500 students in the first course.

8. The emergence of a series of 'internal' viruses that cause the 'link fear' effect on Yahoo Messenger, chodientu.com has been hacked . has raised the security and safety of network security in 2006.

Last year, Vietnamese netizens witnessed a "pandemic" of "internal" outbreak. Starting from the spreading of GaiXinh virus by a student of the Faculty of Economic Informatics (KTQD) in early April 2006, the community of using computers in the country has continuously faced the following cases of virus spread. With a new but very fast way of spreading viruses, the links appear on Yahoo Chat windows, a 'fear of link' effect spread across Yahoo Messenger's community. In addition to the spread of viruses, the heat of cyber security and security in Vietnam is increasing with the events of hackers attacking and destroying websites. In particular, the fact that the e-commerce website chodientu.com was knocked out by a "veteran" hacker but still very young, is currently a student of Genetic University, Hanoi University of Technology. The chodientu.com attacker has been discovered but the problem of how to handle it is still a question mark .

9. The quality of mobile networks is unstable

2006 is the year of mobile network customers constantly complaining about the quality of mobile networks such as dropped calls, wrong charges, slow messages or "dead" subscribers in the coverage area. Mobile still constantly rushed into shocking promotional races to attract new subscribers. Even over-promotion of mobile networks leads to consumer trends "buying SIM instead of buying scratch cards" to enjoy promotions. As a result of this race, the number of virtual subscribers skyrocketed to over 50% of the number of subscribers. The Ministry of Post and Telematics has measured the quality of mobile networks in 2006 and concluded that the quality of mobile networks declined, especially voice services. In addition, the Ministry of Post and Telematics also drafted a report form to avoid mobile networks from subscribing to subscribers, leading to virtual subscriber status.

10. ADSL lower the record price

The year 2006 marked a tremendous explosion of ADSL services with the rapid development of online game centers. Along with the huge investment for ADSL infrastructure, companies providing ADSL services also offer promotion programs that are 'unimaginable' in the history of Vietnam's Internet service industry. At the end of the year, Viettel stunned the market with the use of ADSL for customers with only VND 30,000 per month, giving ADSL 2 + modem . Previously, ADSL new customers had to lose. millions of VND to install and buy modems, now when registering, they will also be offered an additional amount of money up to millions of VND.

11. VOIP charges 6 + 1 block and charges a region

Immediately after Viettel Telephone applied the 6 + 1 charging method for the entire VOIP service (inter-provincial and international), VNPT and Saigon Postel also announced the application of 6 + 1 billing for their customers. Millions of Vietnamese customers no longer have to pay for what they don't say. In addition, after applying a 1-zone charge, VNPT also reduced the number of charging areas for domestic VOIP services to 2 areas, Viettel Telephone, it applies only a single charge area for domestic VOIP.

12. Shock of Vietnam online game industry

On November 15, 2006, a shock happened to the Vietnamese online game industry: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Post and Telecommunications issued a decision to impose fines and suspend for all 13 online games that are available. level in Vietnam. Immediately after the decision was issued, not only 6 companies providing online game services but also millions of Vietnamese gamers fell into a state of shock. The wave of selling virtual goods at cheap prices has erupted in Vietnam's No.1 hit game: 'Vo Lam Truyen Ky'. However, there is an interesting point in the sanctioning decisions that are not widely known: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Post and Telecommunications not only sanctioned 3 companies in Ho Chi Minh City but sent sanctioning decisions. There are always 3 companies with headquarters in Hanoi.

13. The wave of blogging by celebrities and ordinary people after blogging has become a celebrity

The year 2006 witnessed the explosion of blogging - a type of personal diary written online. Celebrities also participate in Blogging while ordinary people, thanks to Blogging, become celebrities in the netizens' community. Many blogs have attracted millions of visitors and blogs have achieved the same number of hits per day as an e-newspaper . The blog has quickly become an important part of the virtual life of the community. network in Vietnam. From the Blog, many useful activities for the society have been launched such as donating books to poor children, calling for humanitarian blood donation . However, in addition to the positive aspects, the Blog has also caused many biotic situations. comedy in the netizens community. When the issue of information management from the Blog is left open, many people have taken advantage of the Blog to "display" a "dirty" view on the Internet, propagate cultural depraved products, speak ill of individuals and many of them Blog presented is offensive .

14. Viettel provides telecommunications services in Cambodia

On May 25, 2006, Cambodia Ministry of Post and Telecommunications granted Viettel a license to provide international VoIP services in Cambodia market with a term of 35 years. Following that, on September 27, 2006, Viettel officially provided international VoIP service in Cambodia. Thus, with this event, Viettel has become the first telecommunications enterprise in Vietnam to invest in infrastructure and provide services in foreign markets. On November 29, 2006, Cambodia's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications granted Viettel a license to provide two services, namely mobile and Internet, in the country. Expected in 2007, Viettel will deploy to provide these two services in Cambodia market.

15. The Prime Minister is the Head of the National Steering Committee on IT

On August 9, 2006, the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed Decision No. 1046 / QD-TTg on adjusting the assignment of heads of a number of inter-branch consultancy and coordination organizations established by the Prime Minister. up. Accordingly, the Prime Minister will be the Head of the Steering Committee for the Action Program to implement the Politburo Directive No. 58-CT / TW on promoting the application and development of information technology in the industrialization process. and modernization of the 2001-2005 period (National Steering Committee for Information Technology) was established under the Prime Minister's Decision No. 176/2002 / QD-TTg dated December 3, 2002). Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem assumed this position. This is the first time, the head of the Government has assumed the position of Head of the National Steering Committee on IT and will most likely bring about new, more powerful and effective development breakthroughs, for application and development. Vietnam IT in the coming period.

16. Hot issue of football-Miss TV rights

The event of FPT winning the 2006 World Cup television rights contract, exclusively exploiting all the 2006 World Cup sound and signal images in Vietnam caused a shock and pushed other TV stations into one dilemma. This also means that not only other TV stations (except VTV and HTV) but also enterprises in Vietnam who want to exploit the images of the 2006 World Cup must buy FPT's new license. If not, it will be considered illegal and will be sued. After many negotiations, FPT and VTV eventually agreed to sell VTC's 2006 World Cup television rights to the World Cup. The war on television rights again flared up between VTV and VTC after VTC reported live finale to the Miss World without buying copyright. Meanwhile, VTV is the unit that bought the license to report live the Miss World finale in Poland, through TV Plus provider and copyright distributor of this finale worldwide, Zeal TELEVISION. These two events show that the war on television rights is a hot issue for all Vietnamese television stations, but if you accept the purchase of television rights, many TV stations will 'not heat-resistant 'by copyright prices are always in the millions of dollars.

17. VTC and S-Fone provide television services on mobile phones

VTV: "VTC copyright infringement broadcast Miss TG!" ( Photo: VTV)

On November 10, 2006, VTC launched a mobile TV service based on DVH-B technology. In the beginning, VTCMobile's mobile TV service will be broadcast in Hanoi, Hai Phong and Ho Chi Minh City. HCM and the surrounding areas with 8 TV channels. Standard DVH-B television broadcasting system is completely independent of mobile wave system (GSM, CDMA) in Vietnam, so when using mobile phones to support DVH-B television technology, customers are not dependent on the mobile wave quality of the supplier. On October 9, 2006, S-Fone officially launched the service of watching movies, television, listening to music, accessing the Internet directly on mobile phones based on CDMA 2000 1x-EV-DO technology allowing speed. High data transmission up to 2.4 Mb / sec. The event VTC and S-Fone provide television services on mobile phones show the trend of convergence of telecommunications - television technology, a trend that is expected to thrive in Vietnam market in time. Come and bring more value to customers.

18. VinaGame sued FPT for violating the copyright of online game Vo Lam Truyen Ky

FPT - Vietnam's No. 1 information technology company, but did not have the number 1 position in the gameonline market. Copyright infringement (using illegal images) of the online game Vo Lam Truyen Ky, but FPT's leaders are loud: ' We are not easy (?!) '. Immediately after this announcement was posted on the mass media, a wave of protests against FPT because of the attitude of being inferior (though wrong) was raised everywhere. In the end, FPT had to apologize to VinaGame and millions of Vo Lam Truyen Ky gamers on the website MU Vietnam - Worth a Hero.

19. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment pioneered online exchanges with people , opening a trend of exchanges between the Government and people

On March 16, 2006, for the first time, Ministers and 5 Vice Ministers, leaders of Departments, Departments, Inspectors and a number of related units of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment directly responded to people on related fields. to land, water, environment, hydro-meteorological and mineral resources ., via the Ministry's website (http://monre.gov.vn). This is not only the first signal in the effort to build e-Government in Vietnam in the future, but also creates momentum to develop and expand exchanges and dialogues between government agencies and people, giving The government comes closer to people and operates more efficiently and effectively.

20. The National Assembly officially adopts IT Law

On June 22, the National Assembly officially clicked the button through IT Law - the first law in the IT sector. The Act officially came into effect on January 1, 2007. This event once again defines the importance and determination of the Government in promoting IT application and development in Vietnam - one of the most important drivers of development. IT Law also creates a legal foundation and environment to promote the development of Vietnam's IT industry.