VN wants to boost software cooperation with India



Ha Noi, Apr. 2 (VNA) -- Viet Nam and India should further their mutual help and cooperation in software, particularly in personnel training and the marketing of software products, says Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem.

Mr.Khiem told visiting Microsoft India President Rajiv Nair in Ha Noi on Apr. 2 that his arrival was of great significance to Viet Nam's plans for matching advanced soft-ware industry countries.

The Microsoft India President's experience in information-technology cooperation with Viet Nam would contribute to it industrialization and modernization, the Deputy Prime Minister said.

The Microsoft India President, who is also senior advisor on Microsoft Asia strategy and a permanent member of the Indian Software and Microsoft Service Association, said that Viet Nam should enforce the Software Protection Law, build infrastructure and pursue policies that encourage information-technology programmers so that it could export more software by 2005.--VNA