Toshiba Establishes New Software Technology Lab with the College of Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Company to Contribute to Training Personnel to Develop Embedded
Software and Systems in Vietnam
TOKYO--(Business Wire)--Toshiba today announced that it has established a new laboratory
to develop platform technology for embedded software and embedded
systems with The College of Technology (Coltech) of Vietnam National
University, Hanoi. Under an agreement signed today, Toshiba and
Coltech have become partners in the "Toshiba-Coltech Software
Technology Laboratory" and both will promote cooperative research and
development in platform technology of embedded software and systems.
Looking to the future, the lab is expected to provide Vietnamese
software engineers with training and know-how in embedded software and
systems, and provide a platform for Toshiba and Coltech to promote R&D
projects.
The "Toshiba-Coltech Software Technology Laboratory" has been
established on the Cau Giay campus of The College of Technology,
Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Toshiba is supporting the lab's
initial set up and operating costs, will participate in selecting
research themes of the Lab, appoint technical advisors and provide
technological support for embedded software and systems development,
and also participates in developing a curriculum for embedded software
and systems. Coltech will provide the lab's premises, and the staff,
researchers and students who will carry out research and development
works.
Toshiba has long standing relations with Vietnam that includes
providing scholarships to Vietnam's two national universities, Vietnam
National University in Hanoi and Vietnam National University in Ho Chi
Minh City, and to Hanoi University of Technology, the country's
leading universities. At Hanoi University of Technology, Toshiba
sponsors a scholarship program in nuclear power that contributes to
developing human resources for nuclear engineering. Toshiba will seek
to further enhance its partnership with these universities so as to
secure excellent human resources for its fast growing operations in
Vietnam.
Toshiba is also promoting development projects in Vietnam, and in
April this year established Toshiba Software Development (Vietnam)
Co., Ltd. in Hanoi, as a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to
strengthening development of embedded software and systems for digital
consumer products. Toshiba will promote business opportunities in this
highly promising market.
Background
Vietnam continues to see positive economic development that has
translated into a GDP growth rate of around 8% in recent years. This,
combined with the country's population of over 84 million, second only
to Indonesia in Southeast Asia, is supporting Vietnam's emergence as a
promising future market. The Vietnamese are skilled, capable workers,
and the government is promoting a national policy that emphasizes
training IT engineers, assuring the country with high-tech potential
essential for R&D in such complex areas as embedded software and
systems.
By cultivating long-term partnerships in various fields, Toshiba
will seek to find and train excellent personnel who can support
business growth, cultivate R&D capabilities through training programs,
promote employment at local subsidiaries, and seek business
opportunities in the growing Vietnamese market.
*Vietnam National University is a tertiary education and research
institution under the direct jurisdiction of Vietnam's Prime Minister.
Vietnam has two national universities: Vietnam National University in
Hanoi (approximately 45,000 students), and Vietnam National University
in Ho Chi Minh City (approximately 60,000 students).
Toshiba Corporation
Junko Furuta, +81-3-3457-2105
Corporate Communications Office
Fax: +81-3-5444-9202
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/contact/media.htm
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