Vietnam ranks 61st in the world in the 2008 IT industry competitiveness index, retaining the same place from its 2007 ranking, according to a latest international study announced by the Economist Intelligence Unit on February 25.
The study also found that the communist country ranks 61st in the world in the development of IT infrastructure, 56th in the training of human resources and 57th in the support for the development of the IT sector.
Vietnam has made progress in the IT industry, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) vice president, Jeffrey Hardee said, noting that since the Law on Intellectual Property took effect and enterprises applied the e-government model in business activities, Vietnam has emerged as one of the Asian countries which have bright prospects for IT development in the coming years.
However, Mr Hardee said that to develop the IT sector, Vietnam should accelerate administrative reforms and create more favorable conditions for foreign IT groups and enterprises to invest in the country. Also, Vietnam should pay more attention to training high-qualified human resources to meet the IT enterprises’ demand.
The index is based on six indicators: overall business environment, IT infrastructure, human capital, legal environment, R & D environment and support for IT industry development.
The study, now in its second year, assesses and compares the information technology (IT) industry environments of 66 economies to determine the extent to which they enable IT sector competitiveness.
Although the top 20 economies remain the same from one year ago, nine moved up and 11 went down in the rankings. The top five are the U.S., Taiwan, UK, Sweden and Denmark. The top five in Asia Pacific are Taiwan, Australia, South Korea, Singapore and Japan.
The Economist Intelligence Unit is the business information arm of the Economist Group, publisher of The Economist.
The Business Software Alliance, the study sponsor, is an international organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. (Labor, Saigon Liberation)
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