IBM to expand operation in Viet Nam

IBM to expand operation in Viet Nam

14/01/2008 -- 5:20 PM

Ha Noi (VNA) – Steve Mills, Vice President of the IBM group, has revealed his group’s plans to expand operation in Viet Nam and Asia .

Mills, who is in Viet Nam for a seminar on Career Education in IBM Software (CEIS) co-organised by the Ha Noi University of Technologies and DTT-Ha Noi CTT company, had a talk with Ha Noi information technology students on January 14.

According to him, IBM is in need of 30,000 programmers for its worldwide expansion. He said he expected to welcome more Vietnamese students to work for his group.

He also spoke of his group’s CEIS programme, which will take Viet Nam as the first country in Southeast Asia and the second in Asia after India for its launching.

On the occasion, Mills handed over to the DTT-Ha Noi CTT company a certificate as IBM’s first partner in CEIS programme in Viet Nam .

IBM Viet Nam also signed a memorandum of understanding on training cooperation with the Ha Noi University of Technologies and DTT-Ha Noi CTT.

Under the MoU, the three sides will cooperate in training lecturers, organising more courses and recruiting IT students after they graduate.

Learners will follow curricula with international-standard textbooks provided by IBM and receive IBM certificates.-Enditem

(VNAgency)