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The
representative of Dong Nai Department of Science and Technology with
the award in his hands |
This is an
annual award to test the quality of IT products regionally and internationally.
The language used for APICTA is English. The Awards 2009 was held in Melbourne,
Australia from 12 to 17 December with the participants from 11 countries and
territories: Vietnam, Singapore, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Thailand, Macau, Malaysia, Australia, Brunei and India, and with the
participation of 158 competition products. This is an intense competition. All
the competition products are original ones applying advanced technologies and
conveying participants’ leading ideas.
APICTA 2009
awards is a competition for professional products and solutions in sixteen ICT
application fields: education, health, industry, telecommunications, tourism,
finance, information security, e-government, e-citizens, comprehensive
solutions, research and development solutions, media and entertainment,
application layer tools and infrastructure, business start-ups and ICT projects
for university and high school students.
This year, the
product "Information Security Management Suite" of Vietnam received a Special
Mention from the international APICTA judging panel. Vietnam won a Golden Award
in 2006. In 2008, either of Vietnam’s products won a Silver Award. And these two
products were developed by Dong Nai Department of Science and Technology. Thus,
this is the third time Dong Nai province has been honored to represent Vietnam
at APICTA.
International
delegates’ evaluation ideas said that award winning products belong to the
countries strong in ICT.
It is known
that APICTA is an annual ICT award for Asia Pacific countries. This award
program was initiated by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia – Mr. Dato
Mahathir Mohamat and was first held in Malaysia in 2001. Many countries in the
Asia Pacific region have taken interest in investing and developing human
resources in the ICT industry and had the projects or products developed by
their university and high school students competed at APICTA.
APICTA awards
2010 will be held in Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia. We hope that Vietnam’s businesses,
universities, high schools and ICT institutes will have many international
standard products competed in this regional peak technology competition.
Vietnam’s
APICTA 2009 delegation to Melbourne, Australia was led by Dr. Nguyen Quy Son.
Vietnam’s International APICTA Judging Panel comprises Dr. Pham Van Sang –
Director of Dong Nai Department of Science and Technology, Prof. Dr. Nguyen The
Hieu – Director of Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Ministry
of Defence and Mr. Nguyen Dinh Chien – President of Viettel Technology
Corporation.
Vietnam’s
APICTA delegation head
Reported by Dr. Nguyen Quy
Son, Translated by Duy Minh