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 ESPP SOON APPLIED IN FPT 

FPT will become the first Corporation in Vietnam to apply a one-year “Employee Stock Purchase Plan” (ESPP) program, in which part of FPT employees’ salaries will be paid through stocks.

 The program, which plans to launch on 1 July 2007, aims to increase staff retention.

“Software lights up the future” is the name of Vietnam – Japan friendly badminton match, jointly organized by  FPT Software, its Japanese customer - USOL Vietnam (a subsidiary of Japan-based Nihon Unisys), and the Vietnam Badminton Association on 2 June 2007. The match between the national badminton team and the Nihon Unisys badminton club aimed to enhance Vietnamese – Japanese relations in terms of IT, as well as to promote the software industry nationwide, via sports activities. All of the proceeds raised from the match were dedicated to charity.

 YOUNG CHESS TALENTS RECEIVE SPONSORSHIP FROM FPT

FPT Corporation will grant scholarships to 12 young players, aged between six and ten, who achieved good scores in a variety of contests but who face financial difficulty. Of these, there is one boy who achieved a bronze medal at the Asian Young Chess Tournament and another who won six gold medals at the Southeast Asian Young Chess Contest. Through the sponsorship program, the Corporation can help chess players to overcome their situation and pursue their dreams.  

Next year Vietnam will host the World’s Young Chess Championships.

 (Source: Vietnamnet)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENCOURAGED  AND PROMOTED WITHIN FPT SOFTWARE

 FPT Software’s Operational Group #1, which has 200 staff members working for the UK market, is an excellent example of a team proactively encouraging mastery of English among its members. A variety of activities include circulating English tests via internal emails, holding a weekly English Club, hosting monthly English Game Shows, and also joining English TOEFL training courses.

English is the most widely-used language in project communications between FPT Software staff and its customers.

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  VISA'S CLIENTS RECKON VIETNAM WORTH VISITING

Almost a third of 5,000 international travelers polled (31%) consider that Vietnam will be one of their next travel destinations in the next two years, according to a report by Visa International Asia Pacific Association and Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) published in the “Asia Travel Intentions Survey 2007”. In the same survey in 2006, this figure was just 24%, an increase of 7% in just one year. 

According to this year’s poll, the top five reasons to visit Vietnam are low cost goods and services (49%), the natural beauty of the country (44%), Vietnamese culture (41%), adventure tourism (38%), and friendly local people (35%).

 As of May 2007, Vietnam attracted 1.8 million international tourists, a 12.4% increase over the same period last year.

 (Source: www.visa-asia.com)

 “Vietnam gains attentions as new outsourcing hub” was the title of an article published in the Wall Street Journal on 29 May. The article, by James Hookway, stated that due to Vietnam’s low wages, improving English-language skills and technical proficiency, the country became the top contender when British recruitment agency Harvey Nash PLC began scouting for an offshore hub for its new software-development business six years ago. The article also highlighted that the FPT Software – Harvey Nash alliance gave Vietnam a competitive edge, when outsourcing wages and job-hopping were on the rise in India.

 For more information, visit http://www.fpt-soft.com/Media.php

 The third annual "Talents of Vietnam" contest for Vietnamese IT enthusiasts, jointly organized by Vietnam Television and VnMedia.vn online newspaper, has been launched in Hanoi and HCM City.  The contest, which covers a range of original creations including software products, networking solutions and integrated technology, aims to honor and encourage innovations in the ICT field.  

(Source: Viet Nam Net 30 May)

  74 FDI projects were granted licenses in May 2007, with a total budget of US$ 827 million, as reported by Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment.  

(Source: Ministry of Planning and Investment website)

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