03 types of information technology industry activities in Vietnam

03 types of information technology industry activities in Vietnam (Internet image) 

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1. 03 types of information technology industry activities in Vietnam

1.1. Hardware industry activities

- Hardware industry activities include designing and manufacturing hardware products; assembling and processing hardware products; providing hardware industry services.

- Hardware products are of the following groups:

+ Computers, network equipment, peripheral devices;

+ Audio-visual electronic equipment;

+ Electronichome appliances;

+ Specialized electronic equipment;

+ Communication-telecommunication and multimedia equipment;

+ Electronic accessories and components;

+ Other hardware products.

- Hardware services include the following:

+ Counseling and support for customers to install hardware products;

+ Distribution and circulation ofhardware products;

+ Installation, repair, maintenance and warranty of hardware products;

+ Import and export ofhardware products;

+ Other hardware services.

1.2. Software industry activities

- Software industry activities are activities of designing, manufacturing and supplying software products and services, including manufacturing packaged softwares, manufacturing softwares under orders or embedded softwares; processing softwares and providing software services.

- Software products include:

+ System softwares;

+ Application softwares;

+ Utility softwares;

+ Tool softwares;

+ Other softwares.

- Software-services include:

+ Administration, warranty and maintenance of operations ofsoftwares and information systems;

+ Software quality counseling, assessment and evaluation;

+ Software project counseling and formulation;

+ Softwarevaluation counseling;

+ Software technology transfer;

+ System integration;

+ Assurance of safety and security for software products and information systems;

+ Distribution and supply ofsoftware products;

+ Other software services.

1.3. Content industry activities

- Content industry activities include activities of manufacturing digital information content products and providing digital information content services.

- Digital information content products include:

+ Textbooks, lectures and learning materials in the electronic form;

+ Books, newspapers and documents in the digital form;

+ Electronic games, including PC games, online games and mobile phone games; interactive TV games;

+ Entertainment products in mobile or fixed telecommunications networks;

+ Digital libraries, databases or dictionaries;

+ Digital films, photos, music or advertisements;

+ Other digital information content products.

- Digital information content services include:

+ Distribution and supply of digital information content products;

+ Entry, updating, search, storing and processing of digital data;

+ Administration, maintenance and warranty of digital information content products;

+ Modification, addition of utilities and localization of digital infonnation contentproducts;

+ Distanretraining; distance health examination and treatment; and communication services provided in the network environment;

+ Other information content services.

(Articles 8, 9 and 10 of Decree 71/2007/ND-CP)

2. Contents of state management of the information technology industry in Vietnam

- Formulating, organizing-the implementation of policies, strategies, plannings, plans and programs for development of the information technology industry.

- Drafting, promulgating, and organizing the implementation of legal documents on the information technology industry.

- Elaborating, promulating regulations on standards and quality applicable in the information technology industry; managing in formation safety and security in information technology industry activities.

- Granting, suspending, invalidating and withdrawing information technology industry certificates.

- Entering international cooperation on the information technology industry.

-Managing investment in information technology industry activities in accordance with law.

- Managing and developing human resources for the information technology industry.

- Organizing the management and use ofnatural resources and national databases on the information technology industry.

- Managing, making statistical reports on the information technology industry in accordance with law.

- Supervising, inspecting, settling complaints about, denouncing and handling, violations in the information technology industry.

- Mobilizing information infrastructure and equipment of the information technology industry in service of defense and security and in other emergency cases under the provisions of law.

(Article 4 of Decree 71/2007/ND-CP)

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