Vietnam to develop domestic cloud so it can ditch risky overseas operators for government workloads


Vietnam has decided to develop its own cloud platform, so its government agencies can stop using foreign-owned services.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung last week announced the plan in Decision 808/QD-TTg, which lists 20 strategic technologies Vietnam wants to develop to improve its technological self-reliance and give its government the tools to tackle national challenges.

Developing a national cloud computing platform is number 13 on the list.

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Source:  The Register News


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