Vietnam Internet Association

Link between Authorities – Enterprises – Society

With over 10 years of operation in the situation of Internet development in Vietnam and the continuous development of value added services on the Internet platform, the establishment of Vietnam Internet Association (English name: Vietnam Internet Association; short name: VIA) is necessary. This meets the development demands of not only organizations, individuals engaging in Internet in particular but also the Vietnamese economy in general.

Vietnam Internet Association is a voluntary, non-profit social – occupational organization. The Association gathers organizations, enterprises and Vietnamese individuals engaging in Internet services supply and development and other fields relating to the Internet nationwide.

In order to help the Internet in Vietnam more and more develop to meet the demands of industrialization, modernization and economic integration of the country, the Association has set up specific targets as following:

• Making great effort to become a powerful Association, a trusted foundation of enterprises, organizations and individuals and an important factor in promotion and support activities of the relationship: Authorities – Enterprises – Society.
• Helping to raise public awareness of Internet use, to boost the application of the Internet in communities, especially in agricultural production and rural development, to narrow the digital gap, to bring the progresses in using Internet and value added services to farmers and to serve the development of agriculture-forestry-aquaculture and the living of rural people.
• Helping to strengthen the competitiveness of Members who are enterprises specializing in Internet supply though market development, trade promotion, training and policy advocacy, as well as helping to create an equal, cooperative and friendly playground for enterprises and members.

We are living in the digital technology time, so developing a strong Internet in Vietnam is an indispensable demand. For sure, in the coming time, Vietnam Internet Association will play fully its roles and capacity and finishes its targets and commissions as set up by the Association.

On behalf of Steering Committee

Chairman

Vu Hoang Lien