Awards honouring outstanding IT products and services launched

NDO—The 2017 Sao Khue awards were launched on January 16 to honour the top ten outstanding information and technology (IT) products and services of the year.

The winners of the 2016 Sao Khue Awards are honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 23, 2016.
The winners of the 2016 Sao Khue Awards are honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 23, 2016.

The entries, which should be submitted no later than March 6, will be judged by the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Each entry is assessed based on its technology, its socio-economic influence, the business’ rankings, the revenue the product or service has brought to the company, its market share and the number of customers its has been sold to.

The award winners will be announced and honoured at a ceremony scheduled in Hanoi at the end of this April.

Vietnam’s software and IT services industry has seen robust development over the past few years with a 10%-15% annual growth rate in the 2011-2016 period, making significant contributions to the country’s socioeconomic development.

According to VINASA President Truong Gia Binh, more and more Vietnamese IT products and services have been appreciated by foreign partners, representing the increased technology and competitiveness of the country’s IT sector.

The Sao Khue awards were launched to open more doors to advertise made-in-Vietnam products to the world’s market.