Abstract
Sources of Output Growth of the ICT Sector in Vietnam
Highlights
According to the definition and classification of Vietnam (MIC, 2019), which is consistent with OECD and UN’s classification (OECD, 2009; UN, 2008), the ICT sector has three sub-sectors, including ICT manufacturing, ICT media and content, ICT services
What were the sources of the development of ICT in Vietnam in the past years? Did these sources reflect the effect of government policies in the field? The objective of this paper is to examine the sources of output growth and the structural shift of the ICT sector over the past years to analyse the successes and constraints in the development of ICT sectors, from which the government policy implications can be drawn
In 2016, the output of all ICT sectors accounted for 5.26% of the total output of 27 sectors of the Vietnamese economy (Table 2)
Summary
According to the definition and classification of Vietnam (MIC, 2019), which is consistent with OECD and UN’s classification (OECD, 2009; UN, 2008), the ICT sector has three sub-sectors, including ICT manufacturing, ICT media and content, ICT services. In Vietnam, the ICT sector has grown rapidly in the past years the development policies are very different for each sub-sector. The revenue of the information technology industry (hardware, software and digital content) has increased about 20 times, from $5,220 million in 2008 to $102,973 million in 2018, and the number of employees in the industry increased nearly 5 times in 10 years (MIC, 2009; 2019). Vietnam's mobile phone subscriber density was growing fast. From a position lower than most developing countries in 2007, the mobile phone subscriber density in Vietnam reached 145 for every 100 people in 2018, which was
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