On Thursday, Da Nang People’s Committee Vice Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Tuan played host to Ms Céline Charpiot-Zapolsky, the Chief Business Development Officer of one of the leading open source software companies in France, Linagora.  She is also the Chief Operating Officer for Linagora Vietnam.

Ms Charpiot-Zapolsky (left) and Vice Chairman Tuan

The visiting guest remarked that Linagora has over 15 years’ experience in developing open source technologies and e-government solutions.  The company has cooperated with the French government to develop open source software and deploy projects for enhancing administrative reform in the country.  

Most notably, the company-developed e-government solutions have been applied successfully in many countries, and especially by large international groups all over the world.

Ms Charpiot-Zapolsky also noted that Da Nang is one of Viet Nam’s localities to have pioneered IT development, with a focus on improving the local IT infrastructure system and developing young, high-quality human resources for this aspect.

She suggested that Linagora and Da Nang should bolster their cooperation on developing open source software.  She affirmed that the French company wants to introduce its open source solutions to the city, as well as assist the city to promote IT applications in its e-government system and in a project to build Da Nang into a smart city in the future.

The company is also willing to help the city offer training courses on open source to local government officials and employees, students and pupils, and facilitate the establishment of an open source training centre in the city.

In reply, Vice Chairman Tuan highly praised Ms Charpiot-Zapolsky’s suggestions, and said that he would like Linagora to help local start-up businesses to promote the IT applications in their business activities.

The host also urged the municipal departments of Information and Communications, and Foreign Affairs to create the best possible favourable conditions for the French company to conduct its research into bilateral cooperative projects with the city and deploy them effectively in the years ahead.