Vietnam – Harvey Nash win prestigious software awards

On the 23rd April 2009 I accepted on behalf of Harvey Nash two excellence awards from Vietnam ’s Vice Minister of Information and communications, Mr Hong. The ceremony, broadcast live on Vietnamese television, was supported by a large audience of senior ICT professionals from across the country.

The first award was for excellence in software exporting. This award is given to recognise significant success in delivering software services to foreign companies through Vietnam. Harvey Nash has been extraordinarily successful in this area, providing software and maintenance solutions to clients in Europe, the USA and Asia from its development centres in HCMC and Hanoi.

Harvey Nash engaged around 3000 IT professionals and in 2008 alone recruited over 400 new developers with some 200 being recruited to support the landmark deal with Alcatel-Lucentin Germany. The build out of our wireless laboratory now enables us to support the development and testing of 3G technology out of Vietnam.

The second award for excellence in process and methodology acknowledges our investment in quality systems and more importantly our consistent quality delivery to our clients worldwide.

I was privileged to be invited to speak at the ceremony when I acknowledged the huge contribution that our Vietnamese engineers had made to Harvey Nash’s success and the energy and ambition that epitomises the Vietnamese nation.

I have to say that I was very proud last year to receive a personal award for my contribution to the Vietnamese ICT industry and even more so in 2009 to see all our staff rewarded for their commitment and success. I have included a picture to show how great I look in a sash!

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