Vietnam's IT‐2000 program: The challenges ahead

Abstract

Abstract Information Technology (IT) has much to offer, ranging from improved efficiency in business operations and service delivery to growth in local economies and high‐technology based industries. In order to be more integrated into the world community, especially in the South East Asian region, the Government of Vietnam issued Resolution 49/CP in August, 1993. This resolution, which describes the status of IT in Vietnam, provides concepts and objectives for its development up to the year 2000. A national IT program, coordinated by the National Program on Information Technology Steering Committee (NPITSC), has since been developed to implement the goals set out in Resolution 49/CP. In this paper, we present an overview of the program, known as IT‐2000; we recognize the challenges associated with its implementation; and we identify what we believe to be the main priorities. Two of these priorities are to be addressed immediately: training and data communications networks. In order to do so, we recommend...