Emerging Markets in Asia/Pacific

IDC in Vietnam

IDC started its research activities in Vietnam since 1998 and in 2005, the company officially established its presence in Ho Chi Minh City. Since its formal inception in 2005, IDC Vietnam has been conducting a wide range of research and analyses for the ITC market in the country. Today, as a result of its business expansion, IDC Vietnam has propelled to become the premier provider of market intelligence and advisory services, to business managers as well as technology users and providers, in Vietnam.

With the rapid development of Vietnam’s IT and telecommunications market, IDC's research coverage of the Vietnam market has grown from strength to strength, both laterally and vertically. Its market research and consulting services cover a wide range of research areas including telecommunications, software, services, and peripherals. To enable its clients to get a more detailed understanding of technology spendings and buyer behaviors across various vertical industries, IDC Vietnam studies industry-specific IT solutions and spending trends, as well as provide ongoing market analysis and forecasts. As a result, clients of IDC Vietnam are equipped to make fact-based business decisions.

In 2007, IDC Vietnam conducted the Vietnam's Whitebox PC Study 2007 to take an in-depth look into the PC market from both supply and demand-side perspectives. IDC is also strengthening its telecommunications research efforts by launching Vietnam Quarterly Enterprise Telephony Tracker.

Breakdown on Vietnam's IT Spending in 2007

The Expert Team

Heading IDC's Vietnam subsidiary is Lam Nguyen. Lam has more than 15 years of experience in the Information and Communications Industry (ICT) in Vietnam. He joined IDG, the parent company of IDC, as their first country manager for Vietnam in 1996. It was from this time that he started and managed IDG’s business operations in the market. Lam has been involved in ICT market research since 1998 where he headed up IDC's Vietnam PC tracker program.
Under his leadership, IDC Vietnam has expanded to a wide range of market research services including hardware and software trackers, telecommunications and mobile coverage, event management, and consulting projects. Lam holds a Bachelor Degree in Finance and International Business Management from Boston University.

The other members of IDC's Vietnam research team and their respective research areas are as follow:

Hoang-Thai Nguyen, Senior Market Research Analyst, is responsible for the analysis of the enterprise market including switch and router, enterprise telephony and other telecom services in Vietnam. He provides insight into enterprise spending trends and development in the telecom services industry through market sizing/forecasts and competitive analysis.
Phuong Dang, Market Research Analyst, tracks and analyzes the market trends in the dynamic printer landscape in Vietnam. She is also involved in custom projects and client presentations, including data analysis of the software, IT services, IT spending, and the SMB markets and understanding end-user behaviors.
Hoang-Tram Pham, Market Research Analyst, tracks and analyzes the market trends of the fax and scanner landscape in Vietnam. In addition, she is also involved in custom research projects and client presentations.
My-Phuong Nguyen, Market Research Analyst, covers personal system research, focusing on the PC and Monitor market in Vietnam. She is involved in the analysis of the dynamics and trends, vendor strategies and market sizing of the industry.

IT Spending of Emerging Markets in Asia/Pacific (in millions)