Banking industry to show future IT priorities

Seminars and an exhibition on IT application and development in banking industry (Banking Vietnam 2009) will be held in Hanoi from May 27-29 under the theme “modern banking technology with Vietnamese economic development amid the global economic crisis”.

Banking Vietnam 2009 will address the banking sector’s major concerns, including risk management in the context of economic recession and technological investment, development of modern banking technology to maintain and raise the banks’ competitive edge as well as to ensure healthy banking activities.

Banking Vietnam, held for the first time in 2002, has become an annual international forum on banking technology and services.

The 10th Banking Vietnam this year will offer an opportunity to review the goals of each Banking Vietnam and the benefits it brings to development of the Vietnamese banking system’s technology and services. It will also help map out the sector’s development orientations for the future.

Since 2002, Banking Vietnam has provided and updated many valuable information technologies for the sector, helping Vietnamese bank managers work out proper plans on modernisation of the banking industry.

In addition to showcasing banking IT products and solutions, the event, jointly organised by the IT Department of the State Bank of Vietnam and the International Digital Group (IDG), will also include seminars and discussions risk management, supervision of the banking and financial system and development of modern payment instruments.

VietNamNet, vietnamplus

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