| THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM |
| No. 51/QD-TTg | Hanoi, April 12, 2007 |
APPROVING THE UP-TO-2010 PROGRAM O N DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM'S SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the June 29, 2006 Law on Information Technology;
Pursuant to the Prime Ministers Decision No.246/2005/QD-TTg of October 6, 2005, approving the strategy for information technology and communicationdevelopment to 2010 and orientations towards 2020;
At the proposal of the Minister of Post and
Telematics
DECIDES:
Article 1- To approve the up-to-2010 Program on development ofVietnam's software industry with the following main contents:
I. DEVELOPMENT VIEWPOINTS AND TARGETS
1. Viewpoints
The software industry is a knowledge-based and hi-tech industry that earns great added value and high export value, making significant contributions to industrialization and modernization. The State particularly encourages and creates favorable conditions for investment in and development of this industry into a key industry of the national economy.
The quantitative and qualitative development of human resources constitutes a crucial factor for the success ofthe software industry. The State increases investment in and encourages the socialization of training and development ofinformation technology human resources, at the same time boosts the software industry research and development, closely combines training, scientific research and technological development with production.
Attention should be paid to information technology services, first of all the processing of software and provision of services for foreign partners in parallel with the expansion of domestic market and the development of a number of key software products ofhigh socio-economic efficiency as imported software substitutes and meeting Vietnam's information technology application demand.
2. Targets
By 2010, Vietnam's software industry will achieve the following basic targets:
- An average annual growth rate of 35-40%. The total software and software service turnover of over USD 800 million per year with export value accounting for at least 40%;
- The total software and software service development personnel of between 50,000 and 60,000, with an average product value reaching USD 15,000 per capita per year;
- To build more than 10 software enterprises with a staff of over 1,000 and 200 software enterprises with a staff of over 100;
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