Intel Vietnam will compile handbooks on how to use computers, the Internet and office software, to be distributed to people in isolated and rural areas from June 2010 till June 2015 under a memorandum of understanding signed with the Vietnam Public-Utility Telecom Service Fund (VTF).
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The company will also cooperate with Vietnamese partners to convert office software into the Vietnamese language. In addition, Intel will produce computers at reasonable prices for sale in these areas. Seminars and training courses will be held to help residents improve their IT knowledge and skills.
General Director of Intel Vietnam, Pham Do Tuan, reported that MoU reaffirmed Intel commitments in helping Vietnam develop its IT industry.
As part of those commitments, Intel Vietnam recently announced scholarships worth $1.76 million in 2010 to 22 technical students to study abroad for two years at Portland State University. In 2009, 28 Vietnamese students received Intel scholarships worth $2.24 million for overseas study.
The scholarship program was designed to prepare human resources for Intel’s giant electronic chip factory,located in Ho Chi Minh City.
Additionally, Intel Vietnam also provided teaching equipment and IT experts to facilities that accepted Vietnamese students as trainees at its factory.
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