Thai Nguyen People's Committee and Microsoft sign MoU on IT development

Under this MoU, both parties will focus on implementing key areas including IT infrastructure, cyber security, cloud apps development, IT human resources training, and deployment of e-government, e-authority in all socio-economic sectors of Thai Nguyen.

The signing ceremony is held at Thai Nguyen first time on the occasion of the first “PC for Life Day” is organised here. The event of “PC for Life Day” is the continuous activities of the successful programme “PC for Life” launched by the Ministry of Information and Communications in 2008.

"This event has a very significant meaning, marking the beginning of the close and long term relationship between Thai Nguyen and Microsoft, together towards the primary goals of IT development and boosting the sustainable development of socio-economics of Thai Nguyen,” said Duong Ngoc Long, Chairman of the Thai Nguyen People's Committee.

Under this memorandum, and also towards the goal of building IT infrastructure in the cloud computing platform, both sides agreed to focus resources to develop cloud computing applications to save the state budget, improve IT efficiency and accelerate bureaucracy innovation to help local people gain more benefit from public services.

“We are proud to bring out cloud application fueling the development of information technology as well as the goal of building smart city in Thai Nguyen. Microsoft currently offers over 200 cloud services, including Bing, MSN, Outlook.com, Office 365, SkyDrive, Xbox Live and Windows Azure platform. More than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in 88 nations and regions across the globe are using Microsoft's cloud services. And we believe that Microsoft's "cloud" will bring practical effectiveness to Thai Nguyen to help organization overcome challenges which they are facing as well as reduce the burden of lacking human and financial resources," said Vu Minh Tri,  general director of Microsoft Vietnam.

Thai Nguyen is recognised the country's third largest centre of culture and education. To continue to sustain that achievement, according to the MoU, Microsoft is committed to provide free Microsoft 365 for the education sector in Thai Nguyen, and increasing the digital access through the programme Shape the Future.