HCM City becomes outsourcing centre

Hanoi (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City is one of the world's top ten emerging locations for outsourcing, according to the Tholon's survey on global service for 2008.

According to the survey, outsourcing to HCM City , which came in fourth place,
generally falls into application development and maintenance, product development
and testing.

Key outsourcing service providers in the city include FPT Software Outsourcing. The
outsourcing companies are drawing most of their staff from graduates of HCM City
National University and the University of Technical Education .
According to the survey, Cebu City in the Philippines took first
place, which China cities Shanghai and Beijing placed second and
third.

From the fifth to ten places were Krakow ( Poland ) Kolkata ( India ), Cairo (
Egypt ), Sao Paulo ( Brazil ), Buenos Aires ( Argentina ) and Shenzhen ( China
).

Hanoi ranked eleventh in the top 50 Emerging Global Outsourcing Cities, up one
place from 2007.

The Global Services-Tholons Study combines results from surveys and interviews with
key providers to identify which cities are set to be the next hotspots for the
outsourcing industry. The survey examines a wide range of criteria, including scale
and quality of the workforce, education, cost, infrastructure, risk profile and
quality of life.

Tholons is a leading full-service Strategic Advisory firm for Global Outsourcing and
Investments. It offers a full range of services related to developing and executing
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