Q&A: What are the advantages of Vietnam's engineering workforce in software outsourcing?

1. Vietnam Young Population

Vietnam has 91 million people and about 64% are young (from 18 – 32 years old). This is a very good population base from which good programmers can be developed. Moreover, Vietnamese people tend to be smart and they love the computer. More and more student choose Computer Science as their major in University, to be a developer in a software outsourcing company seem to be an attractive career to the young, earning a high salary and good working environment.

2. Good Infrastructure

Vietnam is a small country with 2 big cities including Hanoi Capital and Ho Chi Minh city. It is easy to realize that Ho Chi Minh city has a relatively very good infrastructure in terms of roads, internet bandwidth and basic services. Many foreigners from US, UK to Korea have moved to Vietnam and stay for long or build up their “home” here. The internet wifi is almost free and fairly cheap. Ho Chi Minh city has more than 100,000 young developers in 2017, who works full-time as software or mobile developer.

3. Adjustable Culture

Related to national culture, Vietnam has a good blend of tradition-Asia culture and western culture. Compare to India or China, Vietnam is more comfortable to stay in. If you have a chance to Ho Chi Minh City, you might notice that we have a western town (Bui Vien Street), China town (Nguyen Trai street), Korea town (Near Tan Son Nhat airport) and many kinds of restaurant, bar and club.

However, it’s important to mention Programming Culture, Vietnamese programming environment very impressive, they are hard working, diligent and a little more creative and extrovert (consultative) than other Asian locations.

4. Safety Place

“There are no safety warnings from the US government and we felt completely safe in HCMC and traveling around in nearby areas. The only warning we were given multiple times was to watch out for our cell phones – Andy Hilliard, Prez of Accelerance”

5. Lower cost

First of all, the average salary of Offshore Development Company in Vietnam is relatively cheaper compared with the world and adjacent countries, including India, Thailand, and China. In china, worker’s salary is double to Vietnam and contract to US, Canada or Australia, the hour labor cost in Vietnam is much cheaper. while 1 hour of Vietnamese developer cost about 12$ – 18$, US developer cost ten times higher.

6. Highly Skilled Work Force

In addition, Vietnamese developers of Offshore Development Company access to a highly skilled workforce, especially in Software Development (Vietnamese people are generally smart, hardworking, and the percentage of people with IT background is higher and higher). Moreover, to adapt global economy, The number of Vietnam offshore development Start-up company and SME are increasing day by day, they often founded and manage by experienced senior developers, enhancing a rich source to any kind of customer, even that is a local shop or big4.

7. English

Furthermore, when it comes to learning English, a sincere push for education from the Government and Family keep being heavier in 2017. Because people believe that English is the ticket to success, you don’t need to worry about language while working with Vietnamese Software Development Company. Vietnam is so pro-English that wealthy families send their kids abroad in High School. As a result, the kids adopt English as their first language and consequently English culture as their dominant culture. There are some kids have lost touch with their Vietnamese identity yet know they will never be true Brits, Australians or Americans. The result is that even the kids who don’t have the money to study abroad learn English very well in Vietnam, there are English schools on every corner.