Vietnam ICT has more than 200.000 employees

According to a statistic from Ministry of Information and Communication in 1/2010, Vietnam ICT now has:

• 110.000 employees in Hardware Industry
• 57.000 employees in Software Industry
• 40.000 employees in fast-growing Digital Content Industry

It really surprises me since I think the number of developers in Vietnam is more than 100.000. But the number we can draw out from statistic above is quite modest.

For software outsourcing industry, the number of employees in a big India outsourcing company like: Infosys, Wipro... may reach 100.000. While the biggest outsourcing software in Vietnam, FSoft, has just about 3000. It means that Vietnam won't be able to compete in large outsourcing contracts, which require thousand of people.

Also most of Vietnam outsourcing companies are small, which make the employee have to change their skill frequently, as when the company finish a contract and get new one. This will lead to more multi-skill developers rather than those specialize in one specific field. And it would become a major problem for local companies in competing for intensive contracts.

However, hope these will become better as the number of employees in this industry continues to grow in upcoming years!

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