Illustrative image (Photo: news.cgtn.com) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s cloud computing markethas so far been worth nearly 3.2 trillion VND (133 million USD), heard aworkshop in Hanoi on November 24.
Vietnam is now home to about 27 cloud computing data centresinvested by 11 domestic firms with more than 270,000 servers. However, domesticenterprises only account for about 20 percent of the market share while foreignpartners seize the remainder.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Director of the Ministry ofInformation and Communications (MIC)’s Authority of Information Security NguyenKhac Lich said cloud computing is a new-generation telecom platform in the next5-10 years.
MIC considers cloud computing platform a digitalinfrastructure for the development of digital government, economy and society.
The market is forecast to be worth 500 million USD by 2025,he said, adding that this year, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed its growth by40 percent.
Lich added that Vietnam is one of a few countries thatissued a set of criteria and technical standards to choose cloud computingplatforms in service of digital government and administrations.
Vice Director of Viettel IDC Le Hoai Nam said Vietnam onlyprovides cloud computing infrastructure services while software services oncloud computing platforms have yet to be tapped though they bring huge revenues.
Participants suggested MIC and leaders of departments assistVietnamese firms in building policies and mechanisms conducive to informationtechnology enterprises in the field of cloud computing, helping them switch todigital transformation more quickly and conveniently./.
Vietnam is now home to about 27 cloud computing data centresinvested by 11 domestic firms with more than 270,000 servers. However, domesticenterprises only account for about 20 percent of the market share while foreignpartners seize the remainder.
Speaking at the event, Deputy Director of the Ministry ofInformation and Communications (MIC)’s Authority of Information Security NguyenKhac Lich said cloud computing is a new-generation telecom platform in the next5-10 years.
MIC considers cloud computing platform a digitalinfrastructure for the development of digital government, economy and society.
The market is forecast to be worth 500 million USD by 2025,he said, adding that this year, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed its growth by40 percent.
Lich added that Vietnam is one of a few countries thatissued a set of criteria and technical standards to choose cloud computingplatforms in service of digital government and administrations.
Vice Director of Viettel IDC Le Hoai Nam said Vietnam onlyprovides cloud computing infrastructure services while software services oncloud computing platforms have yet to be tapped though they bring huge revenues.
Participants suggested MIC and leaders of departments assistVietnamese firms in building policies and mechanisms conducive to informationtechnology enterprises in the field of cloud computing, helping them switch todigital transformation more quickly and conveniently./.
VNA
