Huawei to spend $2m on IT human resources in Việt Nam

February 21, 2017 - 17:00

The Huawei Technologies Co Ltd announced that it will spend US$2 million for corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes in Việt Nam, which mainly focuses on training and developing ICT human resources of the country between 2017 and 2019.

Huawei’s chairwoman, Sun Yafang, in a meeting with Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc last week. - Photo Huawei

Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI — The Huawei Technologies Co Ltd announced that it would spend US$2 million for corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes in Việt Nam, which mainly focuses on training and developing ICT human resources of the country between 2017 and 2019.

The programmes include four main activities, which are training courses on new technologies; scholarship for telecom seeds to help develop local talents and promote ICT knowledge transfer; annual mobile application innovation contest for Vietnamese students and other social sponsors to narrow digital gap and improve working environment.

Huawei said that in a meeting with Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc last week, its chairwoman, Sun Yafang, lauded Việt Nam’s strategy for IT growth and noted her hope to contribute more to IT and telecommunication area in the country.

She also added that the group was also keen on infrastructure development and products for information safety in Việt Nam. — VNS

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