Vietnamese Intelligence 2005: All Products at a High Level of Completeness

On December 8, the organizing committee of the software product competition “Vietnamese Intelligence 2005” (TTVN 2005) officially announced the list of 13 products that reached the finals. After three rounds of judging that lasted nearly a month, the preliminary judging committee selected the 13 best products from a total of 120 submissions for TTVN 2005.

According to Dr. Nguyen Thanh Nam, the head of the judging committee: “This year, all competing products are at a high level of completeness. Besides considering their usability and thoroughness, the judges paid close attention to the development direction of the contestants’ products. Although the number of competing products this year is fewer than in previous competitions, the percentage of fully developed products is remarkably high (98/120). Young programmers are increasingly prioritizing the development of useful products that serve the socio-economic needs of the country. This is evident in products such as IBMS – an intelligent enterprise management solution and the Medinfo multi-specialty hospital management software system…”

Although TTVN 2004 awarded second prize to the Digital Hospital Environment product, this year, another group of contestants has developed a more extensive system aimed at computerizing management and professional operations at multi-specialty hospitals.

According to the preliminary judging committee, TTVN 2005 attracted software submissions with high scientific content, addressing very novel issues on an international scale. “The Transparent Network and Transport Layer Normalizer was developed from a report on security vulnerabilities in Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS). The contestant’s solution is very creative and requires a deep understanding of network systems,” said Mr. Dang Minh Tuan, a member of the preliminary judging committee.

“TTVN 2005 has seen many new factors. Through the preliminary round, the regional competition for the first time in the Mekong Delta has achieved unexpected success. The first prize-winning product from this regional competition has directly entered the finals, and a product that won second prize in the TTVN Mekong Delta region was also selected for the second preliminary round and made it to the finals. The number of products submitted from abroad is of very high quality, addressing completely new problems not only for Vietnam, such as products from contestants studying in France and India,” Mr. Vuong Van Viet, the head of the organizing committee, stated.

Vietnam Television will broadcast the TTVN 2005 award ceremony live on VTV3, on the evening of January 1, 2006.

The list of the 13 products in the finals of “Vietnamese Intelligence 2005”

Lê Quang