http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01BUS280406HA NOI — Microsoft, the world’s leading software-maker, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Viet Nam’s Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT) aimed at developing the application of information technology in the Asia-Pacific region.
The agreement was an acknowledgement of the "outstanding development and performance of the IT industry in Viet Nam, " said Truong Gia Binh, general director of FPT, the country’s largest software and computer manufacturer.
Under the agreement, Microsoft and FPT will co-operate on the integration of the Lotus Notes software application into Microsoft applications in the Southeast Asia region, and provide IT solutions for Government offices in Viet Nam. The two firms will also work together on the development of IT infrastructure in Viet Nam and across the region using Microsoft-based platforms, said FPT.