(ĐN)- Twelve IT projects represented Vietnam to participate in the “Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Awards (APICTA) 2006 which has been hosted by Macau S.A.R from 2nd - 5th November 2006.
(ĐN)- Twelve IT projects represented Vietnam to participate in the “Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Awards (APICTA) 2006 which has been hosted by Macau S.A.R from 2nd - 5th November 2006. This year’s event has attracted the participation of 175 products from Vietnam, Singapore, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Macau, Malaysia, Australia, Brunei, and China, 13 products higher than in 2005. The Vietnamese delegation included representatives of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai province. A total of 12 products from the Vietnamese team have been presented at the APICTA 2006, competing with others from different countries. Those are in 9 categories: education and training, health, industry, tourism, e-government and public services, information security, application tools and infrastructure, comprehensive solutions, communications and entertainment.
The Asia Pacific ICT Awards (APICTA) is an international awards programme aimed at increasing ICT awareness in the community and assist in bridging the Digital Divide in the region. Participants of the Awards Program comprise members of the APICTA Network. Its 16 member-economies include Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. APICTA member-economies take turns in hosting the annual Awards Program. Vietnam took one gold cup at the fifth APICTA 2005 for a dictionary of communicative signals for hearing-impaired people, produced by the HCM City Teacher Training University.
Reported by Ngoc Son
