Toshiba Establishes New Software Technology Lab

Toshiba Establishes New Software Technology Lab with the College of Technology, Vietnam

Toshiba Establishes New Software Technology Lab with the College of Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Company to Contribute to Training Personnel to Develop EmbeddedSoftware and Systems in VietnamTOKYO--(Business Wire)--Toshiba today announced that it has established a new laboratoryto develop platform technology for embedded software and embeddedsystems with The College of Technology (Coltech) of Vietnam NationalUniversity, Hanoi. Under an agreement signed today, Toshiba andColtech have become partners in the "Toshiba-Coltech SoftwareTechnology Laboratory" and both will promote cooperative research anddevelopment in platform technology of embedded software and systems.Looking to the future, the lab is expected to provide Vietnamesesoftware engineers with training and know-how in embedded software andsystems, and provide a platform for Toshiba and Coltech to promote R&Dprojects. The "Toshiba-Coltech Software Technology Laboratory" has beenestablished on the Cau Giay campus of The College of Technology,Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Toshiba is supporting the lab'sinitial set up and operating costs, will participate in selectingresearch themes of the Lab, appoint technical advisors and providetechnological support for embedded software and systems development,and also participates in developing a curriculum for embedded softwareand systems. Coltech will provide the lab's premises, and the staff,researchers and students who will carry out research and developmentworks. Toshiba has long standing relations with Vietnam that includesproviding scholarships to Vietnam's two national universities, VietnamNational University in Hanoi and Vietnam National University in Ho ChiMinh City, and to Hanoi University of Technology, the country'sleading universities. At Hanoi University of Technology, Toshibasponsors a scholarship program in nuclear power that contributes todeveloping human resources for nuclear engineering. Toshiba will seekto further enhance its partnership with these universities so as tosecure excellent human resources for its fast growing operations inVietnam. Toshiba is also promoting development projects in Vietnam, and inApril this year established Toshiba Software Development (Vietnam)Co., Ltd. in Hanoi, as a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated tostrengthening development of embedded software and systems for digitalconsumer products. Toshiba will promote business opportunities in thishighly promising market. Background Vietnam continues to see positive economic development that hastranslated into a GDP growth rate of around 8% in recent years. This,combined with the country's population of over 84 million, second onlyto Indonesia in Southeast Asia, is supporting Vietnam's emergence as apromising future market. The Vietnamese are skilled, capable workers,and the government is promoting a national policy that emphasizestraining IT engineers, assuring the country with high-tech potentialessential for R&D in such complex areas as embedded software andsystems. By cultivating long-term partnerships in various fields, Toshibawill seek to find and train excellent personnel who can supportbusiness growth, cultivate R&D capabilities through training programs,promote employment at local subsidiaries, and seek businessopportunities in the growing Vietnamese market. *Vietnam National University is a tertiary education and researchinstitution under the direct jurisdiction of Vietnam's Prime Minister.Vietnam has two national universities: Vietnam National University inHanoi (approximately 45,000 students), and Vietnam National Universityin Ho Chi Minh City (approximately 60,000 students).Toshiba CorporationJunko Furuta, +81-3-3457-2105Corporate Communications OfficeFax: +81-3-5444-9202
Source: reuters.com