Vietnam will be in need of 1,900 computer network administration experts by 2009, estimates the global information technology agency IDC.
In fact, demand far outstripps supply throughout the Asia Pacific region and the gap is widening, the agency said, following a survey in the region.
By 2009, in Vietnam this gap will stretch to 32 per cent in addition to 23 per cent in Communication via Internet Protocol, and 18 per cent in network security, IDC added, revealing that the shortage will put pressure on the national future plan to form and develop an “e-Vietnamese society” with e-citizens, e-government, e-business, e-transactions and e-trade.
In recent times, Vietnam has attached much importance to the development of the IT industry. However, the concern is that this is still not enough for the development of the sector.
“You can not comprehensively integrate into the world with low –skilled IT industry, the sector that is now more and more important in the world,” James Chia, general director of Cisco Systems Vietnam, said.
To deal with the skill shortage, governments, enterprises, and educational institutions should closely cooperate to work out appropriate solutions, James Chia further emphasized, noting that this shortfall will negatively affect the overall economic development of Vietnam in the future.
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