Human resources in the information technology industry when integrating into the ASEAN economic community

Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand… are some of the countries with great potential for developing the information technology sector. Therefore, ASEAN countries need to further strengthen the cooperative relationship in developing high-quality human resources for Information Technology to fill the gap and limit the existing human resource problems to enhance the competitiveness of countries in the region in the international information technology market.

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Information technology enters life

In the era of digital technology explosion, any profession, field or activity in modern society requires the presence of Information Technology . Information technology along with the development of the Internet, e-commerce is becoming a very strong development field, it promotes service production industries worldwide, and is especially important for developing countries. Information technology is the key to open the gate to the knowledge economy. Information networks are an ideal environment for creativity, an important means to promote and rapidly multiply knowledge capital, the driving force of development, promote democratic development in society, and develop human capacity.
Specifically, that is the demand for products of this industry is extremely large and increasing. The presence of the Information Technology industry is widespread and covers from banking, to aviation, from telecommunications to even areas such as national security and defense, where the application of IT is extremely important. Therefore, to operate and develop information technology systems and applications, requires a huge human resource and will continue to increase in the following years.

Lack and weakness of human resources in information technology industry

In Vietnam, according to Mr. Nguyen Trong Duong, Director of the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Information and Communications, "the current status of Vietnam's information technology human resources is both surplus and shortage". With 250,000 information technology engineers including software, hardware, services and digital content industries, the average growth rate is still from 25-35%, however, human resources are lacking in the field of software and information technology services. Only about 13% of experts provide comprehensive solutions, experts can design systems, software, have international certificates in information technology .

Experience technology with Dai Nam University

One of the characteristics to train well in information technology, students need to have sharp thinking, logical thinking, and the ability to work independently. Besides, to study well in information technology, students also need to equip themselves with knowledge of foreign languages and need to have soft skills to present their ideas to customers.
To help students integrate with advanced information technology in the world, Dai Nam University students not only study in practice rooms but also exchange with units such as universities, leading Information Technology Research Institutes in the country such as: Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and other universities; with the world's leading Information Technology training corporations such as Aptech, NIIT,..; with leading software production and service companies such as IBM Vietnam, Microsoft Vietnam, FPT, CMC, VietSoftware,...; with Vietnam Association for Information Technology - VAIP, Vietnam Open Source Club - VFOSSA; with Information Technology application enterprises such as Vietnam Communications Joint Stock Company (vccorp);

The school's training program is built in a modern way and is constantly updated to suit the development needs of key economic sectors, capturing the development trends of Information Technology in the future. The training program both complies with the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training and updates the world's advanced scientific and technological knowledge.

In addition to building a team of prestigious and highly qualified consultants who are scientists - technology experts - IT strategy planners with leading prestige in the country and internationally, Dai Nam University also builds a team of highly qualified lecturers, good professional ethics, solid expertise. The team of permanent and guest lecturers are highly qualified, dedicated to their profession and students; there is a team of collaborators who are researchers, lecturers at institutes and major universities in the country.

Thu Dung