This is the view of Nguyen Tu Quang, director of the Bachkhoa Internet Security Centre (BKIS), who said Vietnam is enjoying an equal opportunity with other developing and developed countries around the world in developing information technology (IT). Moreover, Vietnamese people have a talent for developing Internet security.

He highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in the IT sector, which has been widely recognized globally. In February 2009, BKIS experts detected mistakes in the security networks of several big computer makers, including Toshiba, Lenovo and Asus. Vietnam was the sole Asian representatives recently at the world’s largest security seminar, he added.

Mr Quang revealed that Vietnamese IT experts were successful in uncovering the sources of attacks on websites in the US and the Republic of Korea. This success was praised by the worldwide media.

The record shows that Vietnam’s anti-virus software is high-quality, better than that of many foreign countries. BKIS supplied anti-virus software free of charge from 1995 to 2005. Since 2005, the centre has commercialized its products. At present, BKIS’ anti-virus software receives 110,000 hits per day and is available in 103 countries and territories around the world.