Hundreds of corporations in Viet Nam improved their cyber security and legal compliance by replacing illegal software with fully licensed programmes since the launch of BSA’s ASEAN software legalisation campaign in September of last year.
Viet Nam ranks 24th out of 24 leading information and technology economies on the 2018 global cloud computing scorecard, a flagship study that assesses cloud computing policies around the globe released on Thursday by BSA | The Software Alliance.
Enforcement efforts will be intensified to achieve Viet Nams goal of
effectively protecting of intellectual property rights and upholding
IP-related international commitments, the Ministry of Science and
Technologys Chief Inspector has promised.
The volume of unlicensed software used in Viet Nam has fallen by three
percentage points to 78 per cent compared with 2013, according to the
latest global software survey released by the Software Alliance (BSA).
Viet Nam expects to lower its software piracy rate to 75 per cent in the
coming period, according to an official of the Ministry of Culture,
Sports and Tourism.
The Ministry of Science and Technology launched a month-long campaign on
March 31 to commemorate the World Intellectual Property Day (April 26)
with the support of the Software Alliance (BSA).
About 43 per cent of the software installed on personal computers around
the world last year lacked properly licences, an increase of one
percentage point compared with 2011, according to a survey by BSA – the
Software Alliance.
Viet Nam is one of a number of countries making robust progress in
protecting computer intellectual property rights, the acting director
general of the Copyright Office of Viet Nam has said.