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Newspaper: VN Express.net
September 10, 2008
This page is translated from orginal Vietnamese version.
 Above estimation has recently been done by American Software Testing Company-LogiGear when evaluating the most competitive advantage of Vietnam is cheap-labor cost. Mr. Nguyen Quoc Hung, CEO of LogiGear Vietnam, said "Cheap-labor cost and professional skill training will create a staff team with the skills and technique of software testing that is definitely higher than those of India and China".
He also explained the nations that are leading in this sector now just test with outdated technology, and it wastes a lot of time. On the contrary, automatic testing can save much time and expense that is growing in many nations.
Testing model like this type starts appearing in Vietnam. Two of three books: "Testing Computer Software", "Testing Applications on the Web" of Publisher Wiley and "G Global Software Test Automation" of Publisher Happy About are being translated into Vietnamese and published in early 2009.
Mr. Chu Tien Dung, Director of Quang Trung Software Park-HCMC, said "There are now many enterprises in Vietnam developing sector of software testing". This is a good opportunity for them to participate in Outsourcing market. He added, through process of testing, enterprise have more chance to learn about product ideas, technology in order to produce better similar ones.
Mrs. Dong Bich Thuy, Director of Informatics Centre of HCMC Natural Science University, said "Currently, there is no professional training curriculums on software testing. She added this is quite a new sector. To develop well, we need to have professional skills. Many companies in foreign nations require high qualified labors before deciding to invest in nations that have cheap-labor cost.
According to statistics of LogiGear, current number of software testing experts in Vietnam is 6,000, equal to 15% in India, a leading software-testing nation. |
